Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 February 1884 — High Art. [ARTICLE]

High Art.

Obscurity, which is merely an affectation oi art, is often regarded as a quality of high art in painting and poetry. A paragraphist thus ridicules the false conception: “What do you call your last picture?” “Sunset.” “But where is the sun?” “Set, of course.” “Certainly, but there ia bo warm light in the sky!” “No, it is a dull, cloudy evening.” “But there is absolutely nothing to show that it is evening any more than ’morning. ” “How stupid of you! Don’t you see those chickens near that tree? Well, the rooster is not crowing, is he ? That shows it is not mornings”—Philadelphia Eveninq Call