<p>Excerpt from The Fine Arts and Their Uses: Essays on the Essential Principles and Limits of Expressions of the Various Arts, With Especial Reference to Their Popular InfluenceThe right appreciation of Art does not come by intuition, but by study and serious thought. The following pages have been written; with the simple design of awakening such an interest in the subject as may lead to further investigation. I do not pre sume to come forward as an Art-teacher, but only to offer such thoughts and conclusions as have occurred to me in the course of my own inquiries on the subject, in the hope that they may induce some, at least, of my readers to think the matter out for themselves.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.</p>

The Fine Arts and Their Uses: Essays on the Essential Principles and Limits of Expressions of the Various Arts, With Especial Reference to Their Popular Influence (Classic Reprint)

William Bellars

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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. 1876 Excerpt: ... of no prurient suggestiveness. However gloomy and morbid a man's mind may become, Music can supply no fuel for his melancholy. It may be light, trivial, even foolish, but it can never be directly harmful. It is well that that which is thus the best and purest of our aesthetic pleasures is also the one which moves us most deeply; and we should do wisely to cultivate it even more than we do. We are far too cold and calculating at the present day. We seem afraid to let people think that we care in our hearts for anything. Music will at least help us to feet. We sorely need the aid of some influence on the side of enthusiasm, of earnestness in work, and sincerity of pleasure; something which will tend to break down the make-believes of social pastime, and the cant of conventional service. More than anything in the world, Music will help us to realise the capacity for emotion within us: it is no mere toy, it is the expression of a part of our nature as important as those reasoning faculties which alone the modern creed adores. The Puritans, who think it unfit to be a prominent feature in religious worship, either do not care for it nor understand its powers and functions; or they are not willing to consecrate all--even their aesthetic and intellectual part--to the service of God. Certainly to those who truly love it, Music is no light and trivial thing. It is almost too beautiful; and sometimes the sense of its perfectness is accompanied by a consciousness of our inability to grasp it which is almost a pain. Mr Baring-Gould has used this very beautifully as an argument for the immortality of the soul. Music seems to tell of something altogether above us and beyond us, and the thoughts which are born of it lie indeed far too deep for tears. Surely we shall under...

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The Fine Arts and Their Uses: Essays on the Essential Principles and Limits of Expressions of the Various Arts, With Especial Reference to Their Popular Influence (Classic Reprint)

The Fine Arts and Their Uses; Essays on the Essential Principles and Limits of Expression of the Various Arts, with Especial Reference to Their Popular Influence