Art thoughts : the experiences and observations of an American amateur in Europe (1869)
Jarves, James Jackson, 1818-1888 · New York : Hurd and Houghton · leaf 354
twenty millionOur oppor- dollars. America is right in looking first to sanitarytumty. economical measures. These accomplished, let us consider our aesthetic wants. Only by so doing shall we establishfor ourselves that foremost rank in modern civilization which thevulgar oratory of the land already… … CHAPTER XIV. AMATEURSHIP. HE nascent ambition evinced by Ameri- nuettante-cans to establish galleries of paintings isa favorable symptom, especially as in several in-stances they are projected as much for the public asindividual enjoyment. But be the motives of theoriginators what they may, this…
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