The Art Journal, 1883, Vol. 45 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0259863548 ISBN 13: 9780259863540

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2024

Synopsis

Excerpt from The Art Journal, 1883, Vol. 45

There must, too, be a general passion for such a work, and a desire to honour the poet; he must have rivals in the art, to sharpen his desire for perfection, and such ease and leisure as may make the task not impossible.

And yet perhaps the poet is more independent of circum stances than the artist of any other art: his language is ready-made for him, his mind may serve both for a tablet and a storehouse, paper and ink are both cheap and common, and books with the spoils of time are widely spread; or else we might say that Burns was in the position of some mute inglorious Milton. But these natural facilities are by no means available for the possible painter, sculptor, architect, musician, or actor. Many a shepherd lad who has drawn One of his sheep on a bit of slate has not, like Giotto, met with a Cimabue to carry him off to the very centre of Art, to keep him, and to teach him; good examples of contem porary Art must be spread broadcast over the country, and masterpieces of former times, at no impossible distances; and for the poor student there must be opportunities of sup port as well as of instruction. The old monasteries supplied much of the machinery now wanting. A peasant lad could be taught in the school, and, if promising, could be kept and passed on from monastery to monastery till he became a pope, a cardinal, a bishop, or till he was fit to act as a minister of state or to become a great artist.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2024
• ISBN 10: 0259863548
• ISBN 13: 9780259863540
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 556