John Ward Stimson
Published: 2015-07-01
Total Pages: 80
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Excerpt from Principles Methods in Vital-Art Education: Illustrated Suggestions to Art Students Teachers These few leaves or Summaries of Thought are the quintessence of a lifetime of earnest and conscientious study, wide travel, and long, practical experience in professional teaching and superintendence over many departments of applied Art. It is the Outline of a Conviction - or Inspiration - drawn therefrom, and based upon the widest and sincerest scientific generalization attained. Its suggestions, implications, conclusions must be left to posterity and to Providence - but the record of their already far-reaching helpfulness and upbuilding among sincere thinkers and workers, by whom they are digested and applied, is a private treasure which time only sanctifies. They are intentionally left in the condensed, suggestive form of Class-room and Lecture Synopsis, that they may the more broadly reach, incisively stimulate and effectively unite general research into that stupendous Fact of Divine Beauty, so persistent and pervasive a Presence and a Power, a Reality and a Revelation, around us! And that they may show to the mind that Vitalizing Spirit is more essential than its varying forms; and eternal Principles more pregnant and precious than their infinite examples. It desires to supplement, not supplant, all sincere preceding work, and to enhance and illuminate the otherwise too frequently chaotic collections of Illustrations in museums and libraries, to which, with those of nature, we are gratefully indebted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.