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PRINTED BY J. AND R. PARLANE.
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CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
OF THE BEAUTIFUL IN ART.
SECTION VI.
MUSIC.
Music a direct utterance of emotion-Indefiniteness its charm-
Its capabilities-Of vibration-Origin of music-Perfect
accordance with law-Bacon's analogies and similitudes-
Universal harmony-Origin of vocal and instrumental music-
Giant harps-Telegraphic wires-Stringed and wind instru-
ments-Timbre-Music furnishes the key to all order-
Chladni's experiments-Miraculous powers ascribed to music
in Greece, China, Hindostan, Persia, and Arabia-David and
Saul-Music spells-Shakspere the poet-laureate of music
Music
among the Jews and Chaldeans-In Egypt-Greece-Rome
-Among the early Christians-St. Ambrose― Gregory—
D'Arezzo-St. Austin-Alfred-Oldest English stanza—
Blondel-Dante-Boccaccio-Chaucer-James I. of Scotland
-Scottish song -The organ-Of harmony-Palestrina-
Allegri―The Flemish school-The Reformation—Psalmody in
Germany, Switzerland, France, England-Constellation of
English Musicians-Morley's dialogue-Purcell-The drama -Opera-Oratorio-Various successive styles in music.
Traits of a people unconsciously recorded in their language and
Arts-Characteristics of French, Italian, German, and English
music
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Life and works of Bach-Handel-Haydn-Mozart-Beethoven-
Weber-Mendelssohn-Rossini and Bellini-Modern com-
posers-Neukomm, Schubert, and R. A. Smith's songs-
Choice of music-Its home influence
Testimony of Choron, Mace, and Mozart, as to their mode of
composing-Choice of key-Execution-Degree of apprecia-
tion in listeners-Of vocal and instrumental music-Of good
and bad music-Beethoven on musical appreciation Of the
time and place for hearing music-Songs in the night
Musical description-Ford-De Quincey-Mrs. Browning-The
universal adaptation of music.
Psalmody and means of its improvement-Luther-Zuingle-
Calvin-The organ question one of expediency-The assist-
ance of the organ-Its abuse-Opinions of Horne and Baxter
-Praise the highest act of worship
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SECTION VII.
THE BEAUTIFUL IN ART. CONCLUSION.
Law pervades nature and art-Function of art to elevate-Of
thought and execution—Differences of appreciation—Positive
Basis-The greatest artists men of action-The moral element
in art-True excellence judged of by the few-Of ignorant and
ill-natured criticism-An approved method-The upright
reviewer
Taste fostered by education-Refined judgment-Internal aspect
of home--Pictures, casts, flowers, &c.-Natural craving for
beauty-Intercourse with the labouring classes beneficial—
Vulgar ideas regarding money and taste-Diffusion of taste-
Its positive basis
Exhibitions-Anticipation of the Crystal Palace by Chaucer-The
Sydenham courts-Conventionality and license-Pythagorean
statement-Nature mathematical-Art conforms to harmonic
ratios-Vital art indigenous-Description of Sydenham by an
Arabian poet of the thirteenth century-Means of prosecuting
art-studies requisite for all classes-Education otherwise
incomplete-Acquaintance with great works-Museums—
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Eficient lecturers and new professorships needed-Importance
of such studies for the public well-being-Their influence on
manufacture
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In education the religious element not to be overlooked-Educa-
tion, what is it ?-Its benign influence
Brief summation and retrospect of the various arts-soothing
influence of art-Wordsworth's experience-Future Christian
art-art not ultimate, but valuable as means to an end.. 185
The beautiful in life regulated by law-A more internal harmony
-No transition-Discord-Chaos-The ancients sought to
view the universe in its totality-Antoninus-The early
fathers-Leibnitz-Oersted-The Physical and moral-Man
everywhere prefigured in creation
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The reasonableness and necessity of a divine revelation-univer-
sal belief in a lost happiness and a future state
The beautiful in life constellated in the Lord Jesus Christ-His
precepts and example the highest test-Man created in God's
image-Dr. South on man in Paradise-Of the Fall-The
atonement-Love gives largeness of vision-Wisdom and
Knowledge-Love of nature, human love, and love to God-
These illustrated-Of the existence of evil-Man's free agency
-Means and ends-Worldly wisdom tinged with selfishness
-Love self-negation-Our best righteousness worthless-Of
Prayer-Of the ministry of sorrow-Pride of intellect a barrier
to the reception of the gospel-The problem of man's restora-
tion solved-Gospel simplicity corrupted-The philosophy of
Redemption Of Christ's mission-Extracts from Maclaurin,
Dr. Parr, Hazlitt, and Whately
Statement of the scheme of Redemption in the words of Scripture 235
Of Scripture language-Of the Saviour's greatness-Testimony
to His character from without-Of the Children of Light-
Change of heart
Minor graces-The Christian gentleman-Of manners-True
courtesy-Heathen maxims-The Chesterfield school-
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Chivalry-Bayard-Love and truth the basis of genuine
courtesy-The Bible the source of all subsequent moral
teaching-Rules of life—The pure and ennobling in art also
indebted to the same divine source, direct or reflex-The
charm of being natural-Happiness-Harmony-Divine love
expands the heart-The end of all learning-True wisdom-
Companionships-The Christlike
Inward and outward beauty alike subject to law-Seeming per-
turbations only adjustments-One vast system of comparative
anatomy throughout the physical and moral universe-Two
modes of viewing nature-The highest point of view-The
divine source of beauty-Christ the revealer-Christianity
the most compendious system of ethics-Recapitulation
Conclusion.
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