. Art thoughts : the experiences and observations of an American amateur in Europe. CHAPTER XII. ART IN F this chapter were to be limited to what actuallyexists in America of indigenous art, it conditionwould be almost as brief as that on snakes «»*^ »*««^*-^^ in a certain History of Ireland. But the topic istoo serious to be treated only on the negative side. Let us takea stock-account of what we have, in view of what we need. Anembryo painter like West is no longer obliged to rob the tail ofhis mothers cat to make a brush, nor do we as frequently heargrandfathers, like Hardings, sa
. Art thoughts : the experiences and observations of an American amateur in Europe. CHAPTER XII. ART IN F this chapter were to be limited to what actuallyexists in America of indigenous art, it conditionwould be almost as brief as that on snakes «»*^ »*««^*-^^ in a certain History of Ireland. But the topic istoo serious to be treated only on the negative side. Let us takea stock-account of what we have, in view of what we need. Anembryo painter like West is no longer obliged to rob the tail ofhis mothers cat to make a brush, nor do we as frequently heargrandfathers, like Hardings, say, I want you to give up thiscourse of living [portrait-painting]. It is no better than swin-dling to charge forty dollars for one of these effigies. Settledown on a farm, and become a respectable man. No ! Theanti-respectable notion of art, the joint offspring of the utilitarianhabits of a country new to civilization and the religious tenets ofPuritan settlers, has given place in the common mind to a notionalmost as one-sided and ignorant in the opposite direction. Itinclines to take a sentimental view
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