# John Lyly

Author: Wilson, John Dover, 1881-1969

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22525

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=John+Lyly+Wilson&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Since the day when Taine established a scientific basis for the historical study of Art, criticism has tended gradually but naturally to fall into two divisions, as distinct from each other as the functions they respectively perform are distinct. The one, which we may call aesthetic criticism, deals with the artist and his works solely for the purpose of interpretation and appreciation, judging them according to some artistic standard, which, as often as not, derives its only sanction from the prejudices of the critic himself. It is of course obvious that, until all critics are agreed upon some common principles of artistic valuation, aesthetic criticism can lay no claim to scientific pre...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-lyly-22525/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-lyly-22525/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-lyly-22525/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-lyly-22525/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-lyly-22525/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-lyly-22525/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-lyly-22525/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-lyly-22525/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-lyly-22525/chapters/2/index.md)