WHAT IS ART?

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 944, 11 October 1910, Page 6

WHAT IS ART?

ONE ANSWER. i < _____ my t /suggesP/.V^y^frio;nd,,;G. t I'it,:woiild;.be;.so; topical.":. I^';:rf;,rsilentl^'demurred."/The/fact/was that |;i ; |/:/Kwhs' .thinking,-: of //writing^about,, Art.' I ,;ig/Vf not/that/ialso,- bb/ topical R/fThe/eSv fyUK bibitidn open; in;'' i^Kijtedrpi ;Stree'fe'-. fe!;T>.: ! !-Sy' : ;oi' ; ;botti\lb-;pn^ that 'ail;; great / art .is | |¥v;: f p-uiided; bn ; nghting, .may not/the/disturb-', i /Lisbon /have'; the ,'samd:.effcdt.,dn:; ; h3'-v.' ,;is;eipecte'd /tb; ; Lave/dn;New;&aland?;;But |pSf^was"';B;usldn"right?;/W ;^

ps;jgoM^)uOfiiashidnV.:;Mr;/Cheste^ f;y/^is]:iri;;f^ion; ; .tidugli : nbt,:|takeffi'sp/;se^:. t/S^iousiy/,as:he*^ Ej%th/e-j/bes);/;art-"i^; :;ptbdnced','b^/ ; mbralists^ &ll%'WMd';eyeryonb !'SKf:'dture rbm ll : all -'.causes' and s |Jt^afi/'ethical'jcreedsVitho;/b^st;Mp^ 'mbn'ri ; ying>|to>preach', Iwpim^enalismKia&uthb'^b^ tiyingi/te^preacn'^Spcialisiri. ; ;/ ;;:,;/ of ■the' 1 source; -'of.'art/.is.' \fy;i annburicei; by/Tolstoy; (who,.as/aitliin.ker,; "'riot/ yet /into-; fashion);;/[.Great;/ always,been.an. butepmo ; '~ofi- ; i'ehgion. 'Perhaps -:ai"closer..look;, at &W. i'.whatv Tplstdy,; -has> abput; ; art i will; fe?,/t6lidTV;-;that'i these/.three"; apparently con-^ pk<xs -'flictiiifeijthieories, have:- a'.(»mmok/and. : ;sblid : js??' l/foundation;?/ ; )'■'' ; i-' : : ';< L 'j y-.'-'-i '/.- ?■■-'■s£■ •'■: f•/■/ ? j«Si[^olstoy^S;//teaching ; ibn:/thiss:subject':iS: |^5i ; lucidly/sbti/;dut-;vin/-.Mr.'':/AylmerfMaude ; s. RMi; v-'authbrised translatiob'ibf:,"What.'is/Art?"i te^M<' : this;:b6ok;*afterVa'\difficuit:;chapter/in |/S;;S;\^ch ! //hfi'/examin;es':/andj;mo^b KiVlj-v 'completely/- rejects '-''the'viEracipaV/.defini-.i Si':¥ ; Ptions :; ;df ':bdanty:" : ,thdt'^have'been/prdm'ul-. es/73ga;&d/'sihcb;/thb'middlP/;of.;'the.vlßtli: cen-. %?''&: tury;'f Tolstoy ;/reaches'.-HhecbriclusidiZ tiat, b;'>iS ;: beauty : : ,,ii* merely- "that ~which-,pleases." fe^.'f-Hence/'-a 1 theory; art founded :pn-iKeauty; 'M 'i.i;M'i9 '-■ bothing' ; KutHthe":setting'iup/as'-'gbod I'-p)'.': bfr;thatZvwhich;;has,? pleased:, and;; pleases: class: of;,,people/..j: fc?/^JAs"WeUii:he'*argues,/;migflt : yWb;;saj:/^ |:i;g-;-/tKbS:merits'f6f/.fopd :^ feSZby;ijthe';ipleasuTeZZ whiph;/the ;/f dsbibnable. obtains ■virbm';.' cayeiine-'' pepper.'/bU s/?S : v/colibl, " or :'Limbitrgi cheesq;sic"l :li V. :S P^ v '-° i KsfitHeJ 'm"buntaii<s/'; ;of .:• writteuV i abdrit; no'p.dxact'.'defi'm p'i=''Shcb%s^uct^;:Vi'Aridi'the:'(M p;s/H;nat::tte::COiicdptidn'bf:/art/has;p^ te;';».on xthb; cq^^ •il f '/4:*lf:■ af-t-is/nbt tf/niearis';-tb,'pleasure,,;.what-fK£Kis^iti'/j/"One'; ,pf /intercourse; pi'^tetw^ew ; -SpMplistt'absmits7]h'dught^^^ p^;ihi^/-feeling.'y/ffifepis!:hiwdeMtio^ f/tf'S/S'Si "-ttt-jis fiSiSit 'ing--ii'v this/! ; thatidne/mari/cpnseidnsly,'?. E/A**j*. by .^mearis, , of -,/ certain; Jsignsi;;/ ;; ban'ds^-oSv;td,/dtherssfeelinßsV:he//has::^ ptheK people',./-|/ig;,y^are;'i^cted;::,by-;:thp>e^.feejing^^ t'fes ; £' ; i;alsb ;:dspbrience /them.'W' ! ;J'V;>Jj^/:ffi/S-': ,spf/;cpursej: ; may. ; ://;T»,';linei,;;/iprfasJv f .colpur^^^ &'-?poinentsi:' : orv.'words.'j. •Frbm i .the,'vdefinition/';.it: 'S : 'lSldllo^s';'tlwt' i art;;;"is:fa//me |u;Sj''amdb^/Jmen^Vidiiung/Jfthem/vt^ #${it ihe'Sam'e/ifeeling's,' ■']' and/indispensabld/^fdr. {;0/pthe^lifb£ai)ajprpgTessttbwaß©fwe^ t^iJ^f^indradbals'/andi/dfi'hum'anit^^'w//;^ J?'is'iSi;^hdn:s'religid'nSVassstibrig^ i a |!^wurbbipfCthb ; 'liighestSfeeHngs;s;&d:/i f)'? ; V0-«riiSripn*bf-.'.-all:.^ bhly; :;ar);:^wasi ; ,then? religioiis; p^/farfc : ;i-But,::"(Tpisto^ KAti«:the^pe^les'pf^he';nppeWdlasse^ rbni/i thirty time/!beauty'; fegj^ecame;;tneit i: standaTd-?ofiwnatv : was/gb iK;ii^Z ; :What';'ffas ■> balled^thp. thiis v a' denial /'of/religion', filf^and^belief^ib/iytim^ IW-£ :; : jdyni'ent; Si'ln. ./cdnseijuen'ce fpf:,:their:'.[bnbdr) '?/i|':w'depiive^ : ,'bf;;tHe'i'"inlin;ite,': varied/and/.prb-/ |^;)l;:fbu'ffl//reUgious/;siubiectmpte^ S**|j:it.'|4^Th«eV:is'/'nbthing,;6lder^ P;(v:;i;/hacSby_ed/,v;tian '■: ie.nipym'ent;;ii'abd/,rtherb; f fS&< is';/iiotmiis:^ i '.iTi^er';^!;tHii[n.}^be^j[eeUngs > -. KJ.iii:t''Bpringing/'ft:bm^/the''r v age."^':;iri;;(lTdlstb^ E- i: $" ; S- p°',STt'^bf; j thd;rl'ch./'clasles";;ls':/cbnderndd j V^ : i iery/insignificant /and fe^fyZsim'ple')/^ |^J/"iS'aiid£w'eaHnbss/bfj/uife:t^ fe|,)|*r.ally/;passes//fbr ; ;art/ , DiS^d te^andSH:'|it;\failsftto/.biioye/^mei^ Vk'k'i genefiiliy ault; /iptibf.;ithd'-spectatprs,' |$^but'bf;.th'e^axt/ ! :/'^gppli;andi;loft^ |f^jbf : ;ar;t^may/ibpVincpmpr'e^ fefts/io r^'saht'.-iabdurers/ K'^;(aU^^a'tiis^higbKt;^is/:T;unddrs^pd'^ p-'^'/fthemy^it: maycbe;';;and3'bft«n-;isj;/ : unintefi; p;'#ligible;Ho/e'r.udito;:;p^r^ertH^ l^i^^teVdf^rcligidni'^ift^f;:^,;"^..;;^;^^ l^jv/^This^eans^anwentire^reva^ |feSi«uiwt/.;aTt!,'p;{wi6bvr/wTilte^ te'f^^blstpy^a^sjiaM |^fe;th%^fis%g&erally".^dn^^ f pW; r !'W*gneiYjbSurd>|,' BeethpyenV; -tediousji- an d fesf^^bakespeareifalsbivbut'Je^ |^ij^iwk^ffiiri i ;sdrte;/df | iTiis.:iUttstratidn^^ p**://rnbtfitTiink'/rit:ifpUpw3i^ |:f-,i;//wb^iljfa;delnsibn.%'TKb/aft-^ :^^'-^™^«V' .tlie :>ut; |KfJ3pr;Jthe nvlible ip^ple'.ijj'lt^vffl^lje/gbi'de.d; |f/:tssbyS/'itbe');bighest' 1 r pf/tjp&J/time/; or,i/in/; : :'otor;^^rdsi^^ivill; sW/*?tra'!sd l it:: tbb lfeßngs/ywlii : ch;,draw/^bn:;lb-' f*t^''"t'BStSeriifi' : biiotlferly,' itficoi 3* 'iviU/^B.i.aißri p|l;<K^ble;,tb;all^boi:li ; to enjoyVand:;TO;pra(S], fe'/t/t^P;,: arid/;/as.;:,it : .;/will//bb'^^'concernedWwjthj !^;;ieelMg,/^d;a^-sbUnd/'feel^ fZ/KV^Epdny^thfi/'rife;^ fj;i';t proper, ;Jtb;':maniiind,v/the: t -'artist:-';-^l'/nbt'. -bukwill'liyb^the; p'JSV/; common'-life/df^ te;:.';enceJ?hpt;;by J '6eUingt'his%.i6 labour:-; s/ : His jart' pjZJjj/will^to'Supm : sen^/df^bayingi,a'TC^ |s**;,!vcdrbple^,/techruque,;'but.in f/4i;;;bapacity,l;brieny, >^sim'ply|-.,a |w/;/i!transmit>:switbdut|i6nyJ! superilnitieM j'tlie; pfi#feeling];'which/'tie/;artist;/has/d^er^ p,f:U;/;arid traisinitSi;/ '/■ -T^V;jh/'-Vf iji" p/ftK/Pbyiously^nbthingycbull'be^moresbarp^ pi?£sh '■bppbse'd.\than/.;all ; /,tliis.-to.t,thd;'doctrine/ |:JK"/'Of'^rt'for".Art'sr'sake.";;!;//Yet//i p»S^yi3esire/a r .grdatVfutuie/fbrkart,m^ K,/s:|;Ze^and;:jweJcanbdt/:yery}^'yi';(adopting : 'PiMpiip^ion)' ilyyy. :have//a:^reyplbjtibn;instead//of ia'n,;.bxhibi-; yi/'P;. tibn;;'and -.bur: artists./can.'lpdfhaps^gcttrip■ !¥::v//;nearbr/|dstbe/^irit^f'/prdpagan4a^ i:/i<::XMr.yAustm;/I)obsori:': did^iji/hisSpatnetic; '^;|Vapbstropli^''td,,thb^hade^ t'S''-''fc-^V'^P f|^/;;: ! {An^/'cbarge:in.earnest^TO^ K; /•';>, *w;3Jfl t/' 'are/itlie '/morb:/ I^/,:,:. prganised/pati'oriage; and cb-dperatiyd.'maT4 *,?ij...i!JV ketiiigi//v;Thbse "are.; tlip'/furictidns,pf /bur,' fl;:vs;art/^cieties^abd',bshibitipns;v : / 'But/it:.is |/i.^/;;'c6riceivable ■ tliat better progress;migKt -bo if/ we;. triefl;Zfirst"io£;;a!l}/toi;, settle |:;;,/// -art/is,',: and; ; |/;.(:,v,'.; : thpse i questions Tolstby/ibas/supplied.ariV, s/</;':ewersrwhich -^'arß,'.-jbot.clear';'arid' tbb..peri'e■•/ trating<,to ; be>;ignbred./,:/:,;' ; ;K; ;■-;';'. ::/