ART

is knowledge put; into practice for a proposed end, as Science is knowledge put into theory for effecting means. Fine Art has been largely connected with religion, and the forms have depended on the geography. The quantity of hard rock and . the monotony of the landscape directed Egyptians to Sphinxes and pyramids. In stonele Chaldaea clay was the medium. The open-air athletic life the Greeks encouraged sculpture in imitation of the human body Christianity directing Art towards the glory of God; by music and architecture. The material must suit the subject, a Venus in granite would , be absurd the proce must suit, mosaic or tapestry must not be; copied from oil-paintings, etc. Art glorified handicraft but Art, whether decorative creative, aims at 'giving; pleasure as well as utility, whereas handicraft aims only at utility. The $chool of Art at South Kensington was opened in 1837, and the Science was added in 1853. The chief schools of Art on the Continent are Munich, Antwerp, . Dresden, Florence, Paris, etc.