Calvinism - pagina 199

CALVINISM AND ART. lute

and all-embracing production of

1

95

was exhibited

art

other departments of art finally

in architecture, all the

adapting themselves to the temple, church, mosque or

pagoda.

which

Scarcely

single art-style can be mentioned

a

not arise from the centre of divine worship

dit

and which

not seek the reahzation of

dit

the sumptuous structure for that worship. thriving

of an impulse which in

derived

her

richest

her

motives from

only

narrow

the

whole nation at her

circle

still,

by

financially ren-

For the

real-

of artlovers, but also the

Divine worship furnished the

feet.

And what tells more

connexion with the Eternal, art received

this

and

unity

inner

its

re-

holy domain she found

that united the separated arts.

tie

Art

The

Religion.

boldest conceptions possible.

isation of her conceptions in this

not

This was the

was noble.

was the gold-mine, which

ligious passion

dered

itself

ideals in

its

And

ideal consecration.

its

this

explains the fact that, whatever the palace and the stage

may have done

for the

by which

the sanctuary

development of art, it

creative

Now

coincided.

worship,

Art-style

style.

with

of course,

if

it

and the this

worship-inspired

stage, but the highest

was always

was impressed with the stamp

of a special character and to which a.

it

was indebted

for

style of worship

wedding of art-inspired art

be no intermediate

end to be obtained, then

it

must

frankly

be confessed that Calvinism cannot but plead

guilty.

If,

however,

it

can be shown that this alliance

of religion and art represents a lower stage of religious,

and

in general of

that in

this

human development,

then

is

plain,

very want of a special architectural

style,

it

Calvinism finds an even higher recommendation.

Being

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