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CALVINISM AND ART.

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personally staunch Calvinists.

In the earlier art-school,

which

influence

under

flourished

"bon Catholiques"

the

were also

very

Rome

of

Such

rare.

the

influ-

ences do not operate personally, but put their impress

upon surroundings and of

perceptions, as

And, taken

appearance.

its

between

antithesis

and

representations

world

the

the

school of Dutch art

of thought; and

is

in this sense, the

and the present

past

unmistakable.

Before

no account was taken of the people;

common man,

in

the

this period,

only were

tJiey

worthy of notice who were superior

considered

to the

the high world of the church and

vis.,

of the priests, of knights and princes.

had come of

the people

of

of these various impressions an art-school

a result

makes

upon

society,

But, since then,

and under the auspices of

age,

Calvinism, the art of painting, prophetic of a democratic life

of later times, was the

The

maturity.

and asserted

church,

significance.

By

importance

and

the

common

place like a

the

new

life

its

grace

independent it

was seen

also possessed of high

all-sided

art-motive.

Having

many centuries by class-distincof man came out of its hiding-

world, in

broad emancipation

and the

be an annex to the

common

was

life

of an

to

proclaim the people's

standing in

its

the light of

been overshadowed for tions,

ceased

non-churchly

the

that

family

first to

all

of

instinct for liberty,

its

our

sober

reality.

It

ordinary earthly

was life,

which thereby captured the

heart of the nations and inspired them with delight in the enjoyment of treasures

Even Taine has sounded which

went

forth

so long blindly neglected.

the

praises

of the blessing,

from the Calvinistic love of liberty

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