Calvinism a life-system - pagina 229

CALVINISM AND ART. realm

the

to

of

and

art,

225

who

Carriere,

himself was

from sympathizing with Calvinism, loudly

equally far

proclaims that Calvinism alone was able to plough the field

on which

free art could flourish.

has frequently been remarked, moreover, that the

It

by

grace has contributed not a

idea

of election

little

toward interesting art

common man, His

this

elect,

whom

to

the world pays no special at-

must lead the

day occurrence,

pencil

artist also to find

a motive

common and

of every-

what

is

human

heart in

it,

to grasp with his

by

merely

his

interpret for the world at large the precious

to

Even

he has made.

travagances

became

the

human

of

shown the image from evil. Thus

of far

his

life.

folly,

and drastic ex-

foolish

motive

of the

revolutions,

as

manifestations

art-productions,

for

human

heart

Man was that

and

as

to

be

also

he might depart

the artist had only traced upon

canvass the idealized figures of prophets and apostles,

of saints and priests;

God had chosen he

Himself, figure

people,

all

now however, when he saw how

the porter and the wage-earner for

found

and the

interest

entire

not only in the head, the of the

personality

but began to reproduce the

of every of

one of

as

instinct, their ideal impulse, and, lastly,

discovery

his

God

pay attention to the emotions and

to

issues of the

artistic

If a

insignificant.

valued and even chosen by

is

for his artistic studies in

the

hidden importance

in the

was seemingly small and

of what

tention,

free

rank and station.

And

if

human

man

of the

expression

thus far the eyes

had been fixed constantly and solely upon the

sufferings

of the

"Man

of vSorrows",

some now began 15

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