The Principles of Beauty as Manifested in Nature, Art, and Human Character
Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck
Published 1859
468 pages
Free aesthetics books
Aesthetics is the philosophy of art and beauty. Why do some things move us, is taste only personal, and what makes something a work of art? These books think carefully about painting, music, literature and nature, and will sharpen the way you look and listen. This list shows the ones you can read in full for free.
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The Principles of Beauty in Colouring Systematized
David Ramsay Hay
Published 1845
142 pages
Three essays
William Gilpin
Published 1808
238 pages
Aristotle's theory of poetry and fine art
Aristotle, Samuel Henry Butcher
Published 1898
462 pages
Art
Samuel P. Long
Published 1871
314 pages
Lectures on the True, the Beautiful, and the Good
Victor Cousin
Published 1861
420 pages
Philosophy of the Beautiful
John Gibson Macvicar
Published 1855
218 pages
On the Beautiful, the Picturesque, the Sublime
John Gibson Macvicar
Published 1837
230 pages
The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle
Aristotle
1884 · 1886 edition
458 pages
Personal Beauty
Daniel Garrison Brinton, George Henry Napheys, George H. Napheys
Published 1870
366 pages
The Philosophy of Music
William Pole
Published 1879
346 pages
Treatise on Poetry
Aristotle
Published 1789
632 pages
Aristotle's Treatise on Poetry
Aristotle
Published 1812
382 pages
Aristotelous Peri poiētikēs
Aristotle
Published 1875
212 pages
The Æsthetic and Miscellaneous Works of Frederick Von Schlegel
Friedrich Von Schlegel
Published 1875
566 pages
Art
Long (Samuel Pierce)
Published 1871
324 pages
Art: Its Laws, and the Reason for Them
Samuel P. Long
Published 1876
318 pages
On Colour and on the Necessity for a General Diffusion of Taste Among All Classes. With Remarks on Laying Out ... Geometrical Gardens ... Illustrated by ... Coloured Plates, Etc
John Gardner Wilkinson
Published 1858
486 pages
Art Culture
John Ruskin
Published 1877
566 pages
Modern Painters
John Ruskin
Published 1888
332 pages
Fors Clavigers
John Ruskin
Published 1885
904 pages
An Historical Inquiry Into the True Principles of Beauty in Art
James Fergusson
Published 1849
584 pages
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason
Arthur Schopenhauer
Published 1891
428 pages
Rhythm and Harmony in Poetry and Music
George Lansing Raymond
Published 1894
400 pages