New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-10-16

Its by the progress Of the Fine Ar-s that the
progress 81 Civilization j. measured Virgil tells US.
that the fears Of Fncss aisyed wher after being
shpwreckcd ou the coast OF Africa he in the tenn
Piles OF barbarian race The works Of AT which Taste
or Superstition had created The possession Of works
Of AIT indicates refnea taste and ur1any Of msn
nsr-and hence no one who iays claim 70 the charse'
ter Of gentleman denies himself the nhning pleasure
which such works afford In the houses OF persons
whom more arstocraiic period woudhaye beenealled
common people We now md the instructive and
elegant prose and poetry Of our own and other eoun
tries Il Is not an uncommon thing to mad the meet
illustrated editions of standard Authors on the little
paror table Of small radesmen AID mechanics Twenty
years since gentleman OF that day Tcuiured 10 bar
gain with for illustrated edition OF the works Of
Sir Walter scott since then, and recently, we have
seen several pies Of more splendid edition IN the
possession OF persons who claim mot the epithet gen
tlenau boz is conventional sense Engraving aud Litho
raphy have wrought miracles IN thcprogcss OF Art By
The multiplication % copies Of original works, millions
have become familiar with the OF the great
and good and the sublime and beautiful scenes OF the
natural and IDEAL world by thcsa means constantly
passing before the eyes Of mutiudo n the form OF On
exquisite aud a. thentc panorama. Ia the Church
n
spiritual freedom In the Social World an unmistaka
bic proof of taste and beraliy and the most nisble
sign of advancing Civilization and Increasing Piey is
found in the sublime architecture and appropriate Illus
trations common in our day In the churches devoted
o. the services Of Religion. An example 30 becoming
an enlightened aud liberal Hierarchy and Lsty has dit
fused to an mmeasurable extent the passion for d
knowledge OF Art and the clergyman OF the present
age who is inscnsible to the impression which these
works never fail 10 produce on emotional minds. Is
regarded despite bis panuces as OHc The boorsh class
There Is Al old proverb which runs thus " what
Is good for the goose, is good for the ganier' We
never could understand the philosophy which tscitly
teaches that the flock mag witness dramatic represen,
tations but the shepherd may not do so. Our ORA
matte poets, have private audience with churchmen
il is true but in this form Cd presentation, to appreca
ting minds only their writings fully revealed
That some discerning churchmen have a pendant for
dramatic talent is manifest and it Is worthy OF remark
that when they freely initiate great actor IN their
impassioned discourses they are the most interesting
the most instructive and the most ehcacious, IN the
discharge OF their important dutie. In the ordinary
affairs OF mankind common prose will do well enough
common pigments equally valuable Tor the preser-
walton OF their hab!tatOns but Art aud koquence only
can impart Inspiration 70 NE ana Compensate ioI
the drudgery which In this our first estate Providence
hath doubtless wisely ordained US TO- Art In is multi
form charactcr-its excrescences pruned away-is
perpetual banquet whose festive board the high and
the low the rich and the poor the profound and the
proianc may feast unto fullness. We have said that
Art indicates the progress Of Civilization Il does more
i, indicates the quality Of the civilization Of different
countries Nations are as easily corrupted by lasciyious
and profane works OF Art they By corrupt rulers
or By the damn6b.e vice OF dem0goguism Ho" much
Of the caamiiies which have fallen nation said to
be the most polite may be ascribed 70 an eXquisiiely
deReated and colored lascvious exhibition Of Art, u
is hard to say Its corrupung influence, anhaPPy IS
not confined to is own boundries and to the disgrace
OF apparently more sober minded nations, copies Of
infamous works wholly destitute Of the evidence Of that
master handling which alone renders them endursble
TO persons whose virtue IS OF too feeble kind even 10
resis, a temptation so puerile have been scattered
to the ends Of the earth. Very many Of our print
shops and these too Of the fret class are becoming
Inaccessible 70 ladies' and gentlemen OF pure minds il
the content. Of portfolios within may be inferred
from what is exhibited in the windows without then
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