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Oddi ar Wicidestun
Prawfddarllenwyd y dudalen hon

a mwynhau pleserau esthetig? Eglurwch eich ateb ag enghreifftiau o bob un o'r Celfyddydau Cain.

4. Beth ydyw'r gwahaniaeth rhwng pleserau corfforol a phleserau Esthetig?

5. Cymherwch olygiadau Aristotl ag eiddo Plato ar Estheteg. Pa un a fernwch chwi sydd yn agosaf at y gwir? Rhoddwch resymau dros eich barn.

6. A amrywia teipiau Prydferthwch mewn gwahanol gyfnodau, ac mewn gwahanol ffurfiau ar Wareiddiad? Paham?

B. Cyfieithwch a beirniedwch:

(a) Study of the underlying principles of literature leads the student back inevitably to the principles of art. The principles of literature, he finds, are but special applications of the broader principles which lie at the base of all the arts. —(G. & S.).
(b) The theory of Beauty as an intrinsic quality in the object is difficult to maintain.—(G. & S.).
(c) Alexander Bain regards aesthetic emotions as a sublimation of the simpler feelings.—(G. & S.).
(d) The function of art is to make all men feel alike, and so develop social sympathy.—M. J. GUYON.