UNIVERSITY EXTENSION MANUALS 



essentially a popular treatise, and the headings of the three parts, 

 Social Problems, Practical Questions, and Personal Duty, give a 

 broad view of the large scope of the book. The subject is 

 Capital in its relation to Social. Progress, and the title emphasizes 

 the element of personal responsibility that enters into the questions 

 raised. The discussion is as thorough as it is practical, the 

 author's main purpose being to enlighten the lay reader. The 

 novelty of his point of view and the clearness of his style unite to 

 make the book both interesting and valuable. The volume con- 

 tains a syllabus of subjects and a list of books for reference for 

 the use of those who may wish to pursue the study further. 



' THE FINE ARTS 

 By G. Baldwin Brown, Professor of Fine Arts in 



the University of Edinburgh. i2mo, with Illus- 



trationa, $i.oo, net. 

 CXJNTENTS — Part I. — art as the expression of popu- 

 lar FEEUNGS and IDEALS: — THE BEGINNINGS OF ART — THE 

 festival IN ITS RELATION TO THE FORM AND SPIRIT OF CLASSI- 

 CAL ART — MEDIAEVAL FLORENCE AND HER PAINTERS. Part II. — 

 THE FORMAL CONDITIONS OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION : — SOME 

 ELEMENTS OF EFFECT IN THE ARTS OF FORM — THE WORK OF 



ART AS SIGNIFICANT THE WORK OF ART AS BEAUTIFUL. 



Part III. — THE ARTS OF FORM : — ARCHITECTURAL BEAUTY IN 

 RELATION TO CONSTRUCTION — THE CONVENTIONS OF SCULPTURE 

 PAINTING OLD AND NEW. 



The whole field of the fine-arts of painting, sculpture and 

 architecture, their philosophy, function and historic accomplish- 

 ment, is covered in Professor Baldwin Brown's compact but ex- 

 haustive manual. The work is divided into three parts, the first 

 considering art as the expression of popular feelings and ideas — 

 a most original investigation of the origin and development of 

 the aesthetic impulse ; the second discussing the formal conditions 

 of artistic expression ; and the third treating the ' ' arts of form " 

 in their theory and practice and giving a luminous exposition of 

 the significance of the great historic movements in architecture, 

 sculpture and painting from the earliest times to the present. 



THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE BEAUTIFUL 



Being the Outlines of the History of Aesthetics. By 

 William Knight, Professor of Philosophy in the 

 University of St. Andrews. i2nio, $i.oo, net. 



CONTENTS — INTRODUCTORY — PREHISTORIC ORIGINS — 

 ORIENTAL ART AND SPECULATION — THE PHILOSOPHY OF GREECE 



