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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. 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
s for us to see how it would be if we let the shadow take care of itself and try, if we can, to lay hold of the substance. For my part I believe, that if we try to realize the aims of art without much troubling ourselves 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.  BY SO DOING THERE YET REMAIN FOR US TO SEE HOW IT WOULD BE IF WE LET THE SHADOW TAKE CARE OF ITSELF AND TRY IF WE CAN TO LAY HOLD OF THE SUBSTANCE FOR MY PART I BELIEVE THAT IF WE TRY TO REALIZE THE AIMS OF 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
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