Author : Kenyon Cox
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484764353
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (643 download)
Book Synopsis The Fine Arts, Vol. 10 (Classic Reprint) by : Kenyon Cox
Download or read book The Fine Arts, Vol. 10 (Classic Reprint) written by Kenyon Cox and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-25 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Fine Arts, Vol. 10 The glamour of the unknown is woven about the art ist's studio, and the romance of an imagined Bohemia has tempted many into the paths of art Who had no need and no right to walk there. The glamour fades early, and the atmosphere of Bohemia is not that in which masterpieces are wrought. The studio of the true artist is a workshop where long hours are spent in exhausting labor, a workshop where there are few holidays and no vacations. No solid success in art was ever won easily, and no lasting reputation made that was not earned by untiring industry and indomitable perseverance. In its demand for hard work and rigorous devotion the profession of art does not differ from the professions of law or medicine. Like them, also, it asks for a long novitiate, and generally for a struggle with poverty and discouragement. Unlike them, it offers no great rewards. In this country, at least, no man can earn with brush or chisel anything approaching the income of a great lawyer or a great surgeon. If he can live in decency and comfort and give his children a fair education and a start in life, he is among the lucky. He can rarely hope to leave much behind him but his unsold works. 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.