THE THEORY OF THE ARTS.

THE

THEORY OF THE ARTS;

OR,

ART IN RELATION TO NATURE,
CIVILIZATION, AND MAN.

COMPRISING

An Envestigation, Analytical and Critical,

INTO THE

ORIGIN, RISE, PROVINCE, PRINCIPLES, AND APPLICATION OF
EACH OF THE ARTS.

BY

GEORGE HARRIS, F.S.A.,

OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW; AUTHOR OF CIVILIZATION
CONSIDERED AS A SCIENCE.'

"Omnes artes, quæ ad humanitatem pertinent, habent quoddam commune vinculum, et quasi
cognatione inter se continentur."-Cicero, Orat. pro Arch. Poet.

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5. Disposition of groups

6. Relation of constituents

7. Unity of subject

8. Artistical auxiliaries

9. Illustrations of the foregoing principles in each of the arts