Calvinism - pagina 196

CALVINISM AND ART.

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cannot but be incapable either of

Iconoclasm,

development or of

strong prejudice

this

"Wer

nicht

Weib, Wein und Gesang",

liebt

beyond dispute that Luther was more than

posed

sense

all

its

and a

in

single

artistic

any

freely?

Do

three

pillars

the

Paul,

Yea,

instance,

be

the

in

it

questions

fact

that

allowed his breath

Christian Church,

of the

special

asked

its

appreciation- of

reverently,

enjoyment

Christianity

there

is

And when

?

one by one, must be answered

you therefore the

have

negative,

it

Gospels, of Christ ever pleading

for art as such, or seeking

these

devoid

the writings of John, Peter

word betray any

life?

Will

beautiful, Socrates boasted of the

of the

more

pass

as such

has

right

to

in

not,

why

mere ground for art?

then

been of an almost

Calvin

that

should

you

the

midst

of the

the

manly

spirit of

violent Iconoclasm?

denied to

And

would you accuse Calvinism on the

And when you

Beggars,

the

deny the

invaluable significance to the development of art? if

is

artistically dis-

artistic laurels because,

beauty of his giant nose because to

it

but what does this prove?

Calvin;

you deny Hellenism of

here

is

Without putting too high an estimate upon

in order.

his:

A

noteworthy art-production.

real,

word therefore about

brief

artistic

personally

had

little

feeling

speak of the Iconoclasm of the

forget that in the 8th century in

artistic

and beautiful Grecian w^orld

Leo Isaurus

instigated a

still

more

and should therefore the honour be

Byzantianism

of having produced the finest

monuments? Do you ask for still further proof to the contrary? Well, more sharply even than Leo Isaurus in the 8th century or the Netherland's Beggars in the i6th

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