Sacred and constructive art, its origin and progress A series of essays (1869)
Otis, Calvin N, Making of America Project · New York, G.P. Putnam & Son · leaf 14
as I consider the subject one of thenoblest yet unexplored by literature. 6 PREFACE. The work might have been made more clear,as well as more interesting, by a series of illustrations ; but that would have increased the expense beyond what I have felt justified in undertaking. I have, consequently,… … SPONTANEOUS ART. Is art a mere invention to satisfy physicalnecessity? or is it an outward manifestation ofhuman impulse, hopes, and aspirations—the spontaneous outflow of sensuous emotion ? If it be theformer, then very little can be said upon the subject; but if it is conceded to be the latter,…
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