An Essay On Taste by Alexander Gerard
This Enlightenment treatise examines the faculty by which we judge beauty and sublimity, grounding aesthetic judgments in human psychology and shared experience. It identifies sources of aesthetic pleasure—such as harmony, proportion, novelty, and imitation—and explains how imagination, emotion, and judgment interact in perception. While acknowledging individual variation, it argues for underlying principles that enable common standards, and shows how education, practice, and exposure refine discernment. It also considers the roles of genius and criticism in advancing the arts and shaping taste across society.
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- 1759
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