Excerpt from Contemporary Art in Europe
The articles on Contemporary Art in Europe which appeared recently in Harper"s Monthly Magazine have been received by both the critics and the public with a gratifying degree of favor. This seems, therefore, to be ample justification for republishing these papers in their present form, with the addition of considerable fresh material. The illustrations commend themselves as excellent examples of the fine feeling for the art of engraving already reached by our best engravers.
The subject is one which especially claims the attention of the American public at the present time. At no previous period in our history has so wide and keen an interest been taken in art. We are evidently entering upon a period of art development that shall crystallize the still unformed and unorganized art talent of the community into art schools such as have distinguished the Old World. All the analogy of past history indicates that the energies called forth by a great struggle for national existence find in the following generation a full harvest of intellectual activity. In this way have been born the great schools of art and letters.
We as a nation have just passed through such a crisis, and are now apparently entering upon our era of mental development. It will not come for the seeking alone; nor, on the other hand, will it come if we simply wait for it. Manifest destiny is accomplished by meeting Providence and harmoniously adapting ourselves to its designs.
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