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Chapter 2 —General Principles respecting Ideas of Power.

§ 1. No necessity for detailed study of ideas of imitation. 32

§ 2. Nor for separate study of ideas of power. 32

§ 3. Except under one particular form. 33

§ 4. There are two modes of receiving ideas of power, commonly inconsistent. 33

§ 5. First reason of the inconsistency. 33

§ 6. Second reason for the inconsistency. 34

§ 7. The sensation of power ought not to be sought in imperfect art. 34

§ 8. Instances in pictures of modern artists. 35

§ 9. Connection between ideas of power and modes of execution. 35

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Chapter list

54 chapters total

  1. Chapter 1Chapter 1 —Definition of Greatness in Art.
  2. Chapter 2Chapter 2 —General Principles respecting Ideas of Power.
  3. Chapter 3Chapter 3 —Of Ideas of Power, as they are dependent upon Execution.

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