Essays on Art: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Essays on Art, credited to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Essays on Art by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. (Translated by Samuel Gray Ward.) Read in English by KevinS; T.Honcharyk; Cam Davis; Craig Campbell; Max Reichlich; Elena is Rad; Hopeforce1; ToddHW; Rapunzelina; Alan Mapstone; Stacy Dugan-Wilcox; Shreya Sethi; Chuck Williamson; schrm; Beth Blakely; Cezka Mikhail; Matea Bracic; Florence; Ze'eva; Elizabeth Black; Arden; homunculusontheloose Essays on art, letters, thoughts, aphorisms - Goethe's thoughts were dealing with artworks of every branch of arts. He addressed many aspects of the artistic process and described his impressions of works of arts - and even dilettantism - in his essays. Being one of the great masters of German written arts, Goethe used his own skills to express his thoughts: while Section 25 is more of a commented list of pictures in a gallery, two other sections are dramatic readings. Furthermore there are letters, talks and thoughts to entertain - I hope, these essays may function as a worthy treasure-chest for the interested. S.G. Ward translated this fine selection of Goethe's publications around these topics. - Summary by schrm Characters section 16: The Collector and his Friends - Letter 6 Guest: Stacy Dugan-Wilcox I: ToddHW Narrator, Julia, editing: Rapunzelina Uncle: Alan Mapstone Characters section 21: On Truth and Probability in Works of Art Spectator: ToddHW Intro, friend of the artist, editing: schrm

Recording facts

• Recording title: Essays on Art
• Author credits: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 51
• Listed recording duration: 7:15:31

Catalogue topics

• plays
• art
• Goethe
• arts
• gallery

Opening tracks: first 24 of 51

1. 00 - Preface — 3:27
2. 01 - Introduction to the Propyleum - Part 1 — 7:18
3. 02 - Introduction to the Propyleum - Part 2 — 6:15
4. 03 - Introduction to the Propyleum - Part 3 — 6:07
5. 04 - Introduction to the Propyleum - part 4 — 6:34
6. 05 - Introduction to the Propyleum - Part 5 — 5:48
7. 06 - Introduction to the Propyleum - Part 6 — 6:55
8. 07 - Upon the Laocoon — 28:45
9. 08 - The Collector and his Friends - Letter 1 — 4:56
10. 09 - The Collector and his Friends - Letter 2 Part 1 — 9:28
11. 10 - The Collector and his Friends - Letter 2 Part 2 — 10:35
12. 11 - The Collector and his Friends - Letter 3 — 10:49
13. 12 - The Collector and his Friends - Letter 4 Part 1 — 8:02
14. 13 - The Collector and his Friends - Letter 4 Part 2 — 6:39
15. 14 - The Collector and his Friends - Letter 5 Part 1 — 7:31
16. 15 - The Collector and his Friends - Letter 5 Part 2 — 8:13
17. 16 - The Collector and his Friends - Letter 6 — 20:59
18. 17 - The Collector and his Friends - Letter 7 Part 1 — 11:00
19. 18 - The Collector and his Friends - Letter 7 Part 2 — 7:32
20. 19 - The Collector and his Friends - Letter 8 Part 1 — 13:08
21. 20 - The Collector and his Friends - Letter 8 Part 2 — 8:49
22. 21 - On Truth and Probability in Works of Art — 14:26
23. 22 - Rosalia's Sanctuary — 6:40
24. 23 - Simple Imitation of Nature, Manner, Style — 8:43

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