![]() Reformers (early Christians, Mohammedans, Puritans, and others) have perceived that art bound people to the old faith, and they were angry with art. Is it best to screen the error for the sake of preserving the art? Or should the art be sacrificed for the sake of truthfulness?Īgain and again in history a dominant church has utilized art to maintain its sway over men. If the false view of life be destroyed this art will cease to appear valuable. “Their lives are so poor and bare-they have so little art, so little poetry and color in their lives-let them at least enjoy what they have it would be cruel to undeceive them,” said she.Ī false and antiquated view of life is supported by means of art, and is inseparably linked to some manifestations of art which we enjoy and prize. ![]() ![]() What thoughtful man has not been perplexed by problems relating to art?Īn estimable and charming Russian lady I knew, felt the charm of the music and ritual of the services of the Russo-Greek Church so strongly that she wished the peasants, in whom she was interested, to retain their blind faith, though she herself disbelieved the church doctrines. ![]()
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