
The Relation of Art to Nature

by
John W. Beatty
New York
William Edwin Rudge
1922
Copyright, 1922
by John W. Beatty
To my gentle wife this little volume
is affectionately dedicated.
| Argument | Page 1 |
| The Artist and His Purpose | 5 |
| Ancient Conceptions of Art | 13 |
| Evidence of Painters and Sculptors | 19 |
| Opinions of Philosophers and Writers | 48 |
| Symmetry | 57 |
| Conclusion | 67 |
| PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS | |
| Kuo Hsi | 11th Century |
| Leonardo da Vinci | 1452-1519 |
| Albrecht Dürer | 1471-1528 |
| Michelangelo Buonarotti | 1475-1564 |
| William Hogarth | 1697-1764 |
| Sir Joshua Reynolds | 1723-1792 |
| Gilbert Stuart | 1755-1828 |
| Sir Thomas Lawrence | 1769-1830 |
| John Constable | 1776-1837 |
| Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot | 1796-1875 |
| Jean François Millet | 1814-1875 |
| James Abbott McNeill Whistler | 1834-1903 |
| John La Farge | 1835-1910 | ...