This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... "I must confess that we hold beauty alone to be the end of the highest art. Considerations of utility must always interfere with the attainment of beauty, perpetually turning one aside from the true goal of art." "I suppose you would be surprised if I tell you that, holding use to be the first end of art, we ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... "I must confess that we hold beauty alone to be the end of the highest art. Considerations of utility must always interfere with the attainment of beauty, perpetually turning one aside from the true goal of art." "I suppose you would be surprised if I tell you that, holding use to be the first end of art, we find beauty more often than you do, --if indeed, in your conscious search for it, you do not miss it altogether, for beauty, like happiness, is not found by those who seek it. In your conscious search for beauty, you ignore one of the first elements of beauty, --form, that is to say. Believing as you do that art is a re-creation rather than a recreation, you have been so absorbed in the re-creating of substance, in the vain attempt to make matter, that you have in the meantime completely forgotten the artistic value of form." "This is the most unkindest cut of all. I still hope your criticism is unmerited." "I am afraid it is a true criticism. The conception of form is in the first instance derived from the conception of utility, --for form is the embodiment of purpose. In other words, it is nothing but the adjustment of means to ends. What are the ideas of balance, proportion, symmetry, rhythm, but refinements on this elementary idea of purpose? The human form is the visible embodiment of the function of man; it is in fact an explicit statement of man's place in the universe, and the shape of our limbs a definition of their functions as organs of the human body. Form then is meaningless apart from utility. Form is definition to a certain end. Beauty is our sense of beauty, our feeling of fitness. It is our perception of the nice adjustment of means to ends in things around us, --not a positive recognition of utility as such, but an awareness of...
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 350grams, ISBN:
Add this copy of On The Truth Of Decorative Art to cart. $27.44, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2022 by Legare Street Press.
