The Fine Arts Reduced to a Single Principle (1746) by Charles Batteux was arguably the most influential work on aesthetics published in the 18th century.

In esso, richiamandosi alla filosofia cartesiana, Batteux cerca di ricondurre l’insieme eterogeneo delle regole che presiedono alla creazione artistica a un unico principio: l’imitazione del bello di natura.

Con ‘Las Bellas Artes reducidas a un único principio’ (1764), Charles Batteux se convierte en el autor de una obra que, en plena Ilustración, se propuso estructurar sistemáticamente los dominios de la cultura artística.

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