The meaning of art, its nature, rôle, and value (1913)
Gaultier, Paul, b. 1872, Baldwin, H., Baldwin, E. · London, G. Allen & Company ltd. · leaf 146
n a language whichconveys to us an impression of its life, with allthat this implies. Are not the stiffening of thecourage, the constant encouragement and renewalof the heroisms of antiquity which aroused andreinforced the Napoleonic period, to be seen inthe stiff and strained attitudes, the… … Claus Sluter. Moses. [Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon. The subjects vary through history in proportion to the depth of the aesthetic ideal. WHAT A WORK OF ART TEACHES 91 We can follow, in the variations of collectivestyle, the evolution of the society of which it isthe flower. If a feudal dungeon…
Art · Aesthetics
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