Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-03-28
OPEN NIGHT AT
NEW CENTURY CLUB
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The Art of the world is our SUI
preme possession; it is the epitome
of all that is good in our civiliza- I
ton: to know it is to realize our
best selves. ]
"The student should begin with
the study of one period, or one
artist: he should study the life and
character of the man who painted
the pictures of this group. An un-
Outstanding of pictures requires
an acquaintance with the saints of
the church, with mythology, and
history. It leads in all directions
into the realm of books. Books
help, yet we must study Art in the
original tongue. The Appreciation
of one picture leads to an APP
probation of many. One should
try not to learn all about picture,
but what is in a picture.
THE essence of Art is not to be
found in careful and detached
study of technique" Miss Winslow
said: the essence lies in beauty,
in beauty so simple that even a
child can perceive it. There is in
Art. too, beauty of ugliness, re-
vealed in the wrinkled faces paint
ed by Rembrandt, in the peasant
figures of Millet, and the demons
of the great artists. Beauty in its
simplest form appeals to very
many; in its highest to very few.
"In the study of picture we
should first of all look for its
psychic content-its meaning
and see why the artist put the de-
tails there. Pictures are full of
double meanings. fact perhaps
accounted for by the fact that they
are often painted to please one
person and to fit another persons
pocketbook. Then we should look
for the sensuous elements, line and
color, which correspond to rhythm
in poetry. We rejoice in color for
itself. but the artist must combine
with it line and curve. Light and
shade have a poetry all their own.
We should look at the character
of the artist himself and examine
his ideals. In every artist there
is the humble workman who knows
his trade and likes it; the quality
which causes him to work and toll
until the note Of beauty has thrill.
ed his own soul.
"But all these things should be
the scaffolding, not the building
itself; merely a study by means
of which we reach Art itself" Miss
Winslow continued. The student
should take a simple summary a
first. Since Christian Art had it:
birth in Italy he should begin with
Italian masters. Over five hun
dred years ago when faith was 81
living and real that men shu
themselves away and devoted thei
lives to meditation and prayer
there were monasteries all through
Italy. Three of these monks repre-
sent the three district periods o
the Great Age of Art-the Perio
of Rise. the Period of Develop
ment Of the Early Renaissance
and the Period of elimination.
The remainder of the lecture wa
devoted to a description of tn
pictures thrown upon the screen
the work of the representativ
painters, Fra Angelica. Fra Filir
pc Pippi and Fra Bartolommeo.
Next Monday will be observe
by the Club as Reciprocity Da,
The Washington Heights Club {
Wilmington will be present an
furnish the program. A meetin
Of the New Century Club Compan
was announced for April 9th, fro
four to FIVE. Two new director
will be elected at the meeting. O
Saturday afternoon. March 81,
social afternoon will be held at tt