# On art and artists

Author: Nordau, Max Simon, 1849-1923; Harvey, William Frederick, 1853- [Translator]

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76748

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=On+art+and+artists+Nordau&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

There exists a school of æstheticism which laughs contemptuously at the mere sight of this superscription. Art having a mission! What utter nonsense. A person must be a rank Philistine to connect with the idea of art the conception of a non-artistic mission, be it social or otherwise. Has a work of art any other mission than to give pleasure by beauty? It strives to attain no goal that lies outside of itself. It is its own object, and whoever assigns to it another, sins against the sanctity of art.

## Chapters

- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-art-and-artists-76748/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-art-and-artists-76748/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-art-and-artists-76748/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-art-and-artists-76748/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-art-and-artists-76748/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-art-and-artists-76748/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-art-and-artists-76748/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-art-and-artists-76748/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Part 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-art-and-artists-76748/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-art-and-artists-76748/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-art-and-artists-76748/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-art-and-artists-76748/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-art-and-artists-76748/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-art-and-artists-76748/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-art-and-artists-76748/chapters/21/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-art-and-artists-76748/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-art-and-artists-76748/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-art-and-artists-76748/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-art-and-artists-76748/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-art-and-artists-76748/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-art-and-artists-76748/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-art-and-artists-76748/chapters/22/index.md)