The translation herewith presented to the reader consists of a course of Lectures delivered during the winter of 1864, before the Students of Art of the Ecole des Beaux Arts at Paris, by H. Taine, Professeur d'Esthetique et d' Histoire de l'Art in that institution.

These lectures, as a system of AEsthetics, consist of an application of the experimental method to art, in the same manner as it is applied to the sciences. Whatever utility the system possesses is due to this principle. The author undertakes to explain art by social influences and other causes; humanity at different times and...

The translation herewith presented to the reader consists of a course of Lectures delivered during the winter of 1864, before the Students of Art of the Ecole des Beaux Arts at Paris, by H. Taine, Professeur d'Esthetique et d' His-toire de l'Art in that institution.

These lectures, as a system of AEsthetics, consist of an application of the experimental method to art, in the same manner as it is applied to the sciences. Whatever utility the system possesses is due to this principle. The author undertakes to explain art by social influences and other causes; humanity at different times and...