The Gate of Appreciation
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I have stated the reduction to absurdity of the case forauthority in criticism. If the layman who leans too heavily uponcriticism comes to realize the hopelessness of his position and thinksthe situation through to its necessary conclusion, he sees that theauthority of criticism is not absolute, but varies with the powers andrange of the individual critic, and that at the last he must find hisstandard within himself.
There are, of course, certain standards of excellence recognizeduniversally an...d certain principles of taste of universal validity; andto these standards and these principles must be referred ourindividual estimates for comparison and correction. Given a nativesensibility to the worth of life and to the appeal of beauty, the justiceof our estimate will be in proportion to the extent of our knowledgeof life and of our contact with art. Our individual judgment, therefore, must be controlled by experience, --our momentaryjudgments by the sum of our own experience, and our totaljudgment by universal experience.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
I have stated the reduction to absurdity of the case forauthority in criticism. If the layman who leans too heavily uponcriticism comes to realize the hopelessness of his position and thinksthe situation through to its necessary conclusion, he sees that theauthority of criticism is not absolute, but varies with the powers andrange of the individual critic, and that at the last he must find hisstandard within himself.
There are, of course, certain standards of excellence recognizeduniversally an...d certain principles of taste of universal validity; andto these standards and these principles must be referred ourindividual estimates for comparison and correction. Given a nativesensibility to the worth of life and to the appeal of beauty, the justiceof our estimate will be in proportion to the extent of our knowledgeof life and of our contact with art. Our individual judgment, therefore, must be controlled by experience, --our momentaryjudgments by the sum of our own experience, and our totaljudgment by universal experience.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Noyes Carleton Eldredge to read onlineMoreLess
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