Excerpt from Decoration of the School and Home
"The habit of regarding Art as a thing apart from life is fatal to the development of taste. Its true function should be to contribute to the joy of right living." Indeed, a nation's art is a reflection of the daily life of its people and indicates very clearly the quality of ideals that they possess.
A study of Greek art reveals the fact that the Greeks attained their highest development of culture during the Golden Age of Pericles. The decline of their ideals, following the conquests in Asia, is clearly written in the art of that period.
It is quite as true in the case of the individual as of the nation, that the degree of refinement which he possesses will be at once apparent in the environment that he chooses to create for himself.
If orderly habits and a refined sense of form and color are cultivated, these qualities will be reflected in daily acts and personal appearance as well as in that part of his environment which he controls.
Educators believe there is education of the highest order in a beautiful school environment since it transmits culture and refinement as no amount of formal instruction can do.
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