| Summary: | "Art, in some of its phases, is wholly wedded to the beautiful; and may be expressed as thought realized in some form of beauty or sublimity. This relates more especially to the fine arts; those of architecture, sculpture, and painting; in which the forms of physical beauty are so moulded by the hand of genius as to serve a higher purpose in the production of moral beauty. The arts of a people are, however, by no means limited to those of design. The mental arts of music, poetry, and eloquence, possess as strong a claim upon the aesthetic nature of man as those of architecture, sculpture, and painting. Nor is a limit found here. There is art in dramatic representation. There is art in sieges and battles; in attack and defense. The question then arises, how are we to define art in its most extensive signification? What is the subject upon which it operates? What is the reason or final cause of its operation? And where is the limit or ultimate termination of all its action?"--Book. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)
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