Hopes And Fears For Art
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: June 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9781419124600
Subjects: Theory of art; Art & Art Instruction; Art; Criticism
First sentence: Hereafter I hope in another lecture to have the pleasure of laying before you an historical survey of the lesser, or as they are called the Decorative Arts, and I must confess it would have been pleasanter to me to have begun my talk with you by entering at once upon the subject of the history of this great industry; but, as I have something to say in a third lecture about various matters connected with the practice of Decoration among ourselves in these days, I feel that I should be in a false position before you, and one that might lead to confusion, or overmuch explanation, if I did not let you know what I think on the nature and scope of these arts, on their condition at the present time, and their outlook in times to come.