Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1907 — The Truly Beautiful. [ARTICLE]

The Truly Beautiful.

There is, it has been said, no fixed standard of art criticism. What :s lauded to-day is discarded to morrow, and even connoisseurs disagree bewilderingly; but. glancing back over the ages, it will be found that the discord lias been caused by technical divergence and that in every land and among all peoples the truly beautiful has been generally recognized and correctly esteemed. Xo one questions to-dav the beaifty of the Greek temple or the charm of the Babylonian pottery. It does not require trained eyes to recognize the merit of an oriental flower painting or to find delight in one of Whistlers' nocturnes. The fundamentals In each instance are the same—rhythmical liue. fair proportions and harmonious coloring. We have to be it'd ofttlmes up the ascent of art. and there is much discussion concerning the byways, but once on the height all dissension ends, and we no longer need a guide.—Leila Mechlin in Century.