The meaning of art, its nature, rôle, and value (1913)
Gaultier, Paul, b. 1872, Baldwin, H., Baldwin, E. · London, G. Allen & Company ltd. · leaf 214
n of thecontradictions and discordances it introduces.All that is bad or immoral introduces elementsof ugliness, just as the moral introduces elementsof beauty. Although evil may mingle withbeauty, it can never be completely fused withit. It remains always by nature foreign, astumbling-block, a… … THE MORALITY OF ART 141 enthusiasm is weakened ; the serenity indispens-able to aesthetic contemplation is destroyed ; andwe are brought down, so to speak, from heavento earth. This constitutes the blemish of many ofthe works of Fragonard, Clodion, and Offenbach ;it accounts for the inferiority of…
Art · Aesthetics
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