The History of American Painting
The History of American Painting
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Much odium has been heaped upon Academicians in all lands for their inability to recognize the originality of rising genius, but unjustly. Such a criticism ignores the fundamental character of an academy, which is — to be academic. Its function is to preserve the methods and principles of the masters of the past, to apply them 0/ O HISTORY OF AMERICAN PAIN 11 NG to present needs, to teach them to pupils, and to use them as criteria for judging new work. Thus study is made more easy, taste is im...- proved, and extravagances repressed; but in tlie face of a movement to develop new methods for a new situation, an academy can only exercise an indirect influence offering to the choice of the innova- tors the treasures of the past, and inclined to think harshly of them if they do not accept everything at the traditional valuation.
This is the excuse and the justification of the French Academi- cians, but it hardly holds with those of the Acadcmv of Desio'n.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Much odium has been heaped upon Academicians in all lands for their inability to recognize the originality of rising genius, but unjustly. Such a criticism ignores the fundamental character of an academy, which is — to be academic. Its function is to preserve the methods and principles of the masters of the past, to apply them 0/ O HISTORY OF AMERICAN PAIN 11 NG to present needs, to teach them to pupils, and to use them as criteria for judging new work. Thus study is made more easy, taste is im...- proved, and extravagances repressed; but in tlie face of a movement to develop new methods for a new situation, an academy can only exercise an indirect influence offering to the choice of the innova- tors the treasures of the past, and inclined to think harshly of them if they do not accept everything at the traditional valuation.
This is the excuse and the justification of the French Academi- cians, but it hardly holds with those of the Acadcmv of Desio'n.
mM^^- .. ^*i»?sia^>:- . " ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^7.
What to read after The History of American Painting?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Samuel Isham to read onlineMoreLess
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