XVI CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



CONSIDERATIONS AS TO THE ATTRIBUTES OF A PROPERTY OR 

 FUNCTION TIME, QUANTITY, KIND ; AND AS TO THEIR 



RELATION. 



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The attributes of a property or function : time, quantity, kind 

 Attributes of the functions trophic and kinetic action, 

 in one subject, in two or more subjects Combinations 

 and sequences of action Proportional growth; equal 

 proportional growth; similar development Analogy 

 between series of kinetic and trophic actions Special 

 combinations of action may result from afferent forces ; 

 this an important element in evolution Heredity 

 Summary .,. 267 



CHAPTER XVII. 



ART CRITICISM. 



Art teaches the physiologist ; all men can study expression 

 Bulwer's opinion All expression of feeling is by nerve- 

 muscular action Importance of such studies Expression 

 of mental states Hand and face specially indicative of 

 the mind Venus de' Medici, the nervous hand Diana, 

 the energetic hand Composition Etruscan drawing 

 Cain at Pitti Gallery, the hand in fright The Dying 

 Gladiator Writings of Camper; his descriptions of ex- 

 pression Antony Raphael Mengs Study of nerve- 

 muscular action Weakness should not be expressed in 

 place of beauty The free hand The object of figure 

 composition in art Fixed and mobile expression Prin- 

 ciples of analysis ... ... .. ... ... ... 289 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



LITERATURE. 



Bulwer Hartley Gregory Camper Blane Marshall Hall 

 Tyndall C. Darwin Bibliography, with dates ... 321 



