Carleton Noyes argues that art is not a matter of rules and connoisseurship but of seeing, and that anyone can learn to enter into a painting, a poem or a building by sympathy with the artist’s vision. He traces how criticism moved from law-giving to interpretation, and offers a way of looking that links art to everyday experience.
A warm 1907 essay in art appreciation for readers who feel shut out of galleries. Download the free EPUB.