Aesthetics
“I believe in God, Mozart, and Beethoven, and in their disciples and apostles; I believe in the Holy Ghost and the truth of Art--one and indivisible; I believe that this art proceeds from God and dwells in the hearts of all enlightened men; I believe that whoever has revelled...
“I believe in God, Mozart, and Beethoven, and in their disciples and apostles; I believe in the Holy Ghost and the truth of Art--one and indivisible; I believe that this art pro...
2. Part 2“The essence of the Scandinavian, as indeed of all pagan mythologies, we found to be recognition of the divineness of nature; sincere communion of man with the mysterious invisi...
3. Part 3“The eye, which is called the window of the soul, is the chief means whereby the understanding may most fully and abundantly appreciate the infinite works of nature; and the ear...
4. Part 4=The nature of poetry.=--Poetry as the highest and most characteristic form of literature. Bewildering wealth of material in this art and most many-sided relation to the spirit...
5. Part 5=The life of appreciation.=--Art appealing to the whole man--intellect, emotion, imagination. Hence difficulty in endeavoring to put the meaning of art into terms of the intelle...
6. Part 6=Palgrave, Francis Turner= (editor), _The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language_. Series I, pp. 381; series II, pp. xii + 275. The Macmilla...