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For my part, with art as it now is, I cannot bring myself to think that it much matters which of these dooms awaits it, so long as each bears with it some hope of what is to come; since here, as in other matters, there is no hope save in Revolution. The old art is no longer fertile, no longer yields us anything save elegantly poetical regrets; being barren, it has but to die, and the matter of moment now is, as to how it shall die, whether _with_ hope or _without_ it. FOR MY PART WITH ART AS IT NOW IS I CANNOT BRING MYSELF TO THINK THAT IT MUCH MATTERS WHICH OF THESE DOOMS AWAITS IT SO LONG AS EACH BEARS WITH IT SOME HOPE OF WHAT IS TO COME SINCE HERE AS IN OTHER MATTERS THERE IS NO HOPE SAVE IN REVOLUTION THE OLD ART IS NO LONGER FERTILE NO LONGER YIELDS US ANYTHING SAVE ELEGANTLY POETICAL REGRETS BEING BARREN IT HAS BUT TO DIE AND THE MATTER OF MOMENT NOW IS AS TO HOW IT SHALL DIE WHETHER WITH HOPE OR WITHOUT IT
rselves what the aspect of the art itself shall be, we shall find we shall have what we want at last: whether it is to be called art or not, it will at least be _life_; and, after all, that is what we want. It may lead us into new splendours and beauties of visible art; to architecture with manifolded magnificence free from the curious incompleteness and failings of that which the older times have produced—to painting, uniting to the beauty which mediæval art attained the realism which modern art aims at; to sculpture, uniting the beauty of the Greek and the expression of the Renaissance with some third quality yet undiscovered, so as to give us the images of men and women splendidly alive, yet not disqualified from making, as all true sculpture should, architectural ornament. All this it may do; or, on the other hand, it may lead us into the desert, and art may seem to be dead amidst us; or feebly and uncertainly to be struggling in a world which has utterly forgotten its old glories.  ART WITHOUT MUCH TROUBLING OURSELVES WHAT THE ASPECT OF THE ART ITSELF SHALL BE WE SHALL FIND WE HAVE WHAT WE WANT AT LAST WHETHER IT IS TO BE CALLED ART OR NOT IT WILL AT LEAST BE LIFE AND AFTER ALL THAT IS WHAT WE WANT IT MAY LEAD US INTO NEW SPLENDORS AND BEAUTIES OF VISIBLE ART TO ARCHITECTURE WITH MANIFOLDED MAGNIFICENCE FREE FROM THE CURIOUS INCOMPLETENESS AND FAILINGS OF THAT WHICH THE OLDER TIMES HAVE PRODUCED TO PAINTING UNITING TO THE BEAUTY WHICH MEDIAEVAL ART ATTAINED THE REALISM WHICH MODERN ART AIMS AT TO SCULPTURE UNITING THE BEAUTY OF THE GREEK AND THE EXPRESSION OF THE RENAISSANCE WITH SOME THIRD QUALITY YET UNDISCOVERED SO AS TO GIVE US THE IMAGES OF MEN AND WOMEN SPLENDIDLY ALIVE YET NOT DISQUALIFIED FROM MAKING AS ALL TRUE SCULPTURE SHOULD ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENT ALL THIS IT MAY DO OR ON THE OTHER HAND IT MAY LEAD US INTO THE DESERT AND ART MAY SEEM TO BE DEAD AMIDST US OR FEEBLY AND UNCERTAINLY TO BE STRUGGLING IN A WORLD WHICH HAS UTTERLY FORGOTTEN ITS OLD GLORIES
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