Vorschule der Aesthetik [Paperback]

Published 18978, this two-volume second edition of the 1876 German original advocates the experimental study of 'aesthetics from below'.The German philosopher and psychologist Gustav Theodor Fechner (180187) pioneered the field of psychophysics. This two-volume second edition of his 1876 work on aesthetics was published in 18978. Fechner identifies here new methods, and advocates the experimental and inductive study of 'aesthetics from below'.The German philosopher and psychologist Gustav Theodor Fechner (180187) pioneered the field of psychophysics. This two-volume second edition of his 1876 work on aesthetics was published in 18978. Fechner identifies here new methods, and advocates the experimental and inductive study of 'aesthetics from below'.Although Gustav Theodor Fechner (180187) had studied medicine at the University of Leipzig, he never practised as a doctor. In the 1820s he published satirical evaluations of the medical science of the day under the pseudonym 'Dr Mises' and supplemented his income by translating chemistry and physics texts. Increasingly he focused his studies on mathematics and physics, and the physical and physiological became recurrent themes in his work. With the publication of his Elemente der Psychophysik (1860), Fechner not only established the foundations of psychophysics as a field of research, but also pioneered much experimental psychology. This two-volume second edition of his 1876 work on the principles of aesthetics was published in 18978. In Volume 2, Fechner uses the principles that he established in Volume 1 and applies these in the analysis of different works of art.19. Die Kunst aus begrifflichem Gesichtspuncte; 20. Bemerkungen ?ber Analyse und Kritik der Kunstwerke; 21. Ueber den Streit der Form-Aesthetiker; 22. Ueber die Frage, wiefen die Kunst von der Natur abzuweichen habe; 23. Sch?nheit und Characteristik; 24. Ueber einige Haupt-Anweichungen der Kunst von der Natur; 25. Vor Betrachtung zu den drei folgenden Abl“-