It is this element expressed by the vibrant and 

 powerful color-combinations of the Impressionists 

 that makes certain of their work, which is other- 

 wise meaningless, throb with life and warmth, and 

 thrill us with a vague charm, while the more accu- 

 rate, if not more faithful, rendering of the Realist 

 will often leave us cold. After all, the final test of 

 a work of art, like that of literature and music, is 

 time ; and although its forms and motivating prin- 

 ciples are fundamental and never given to change, 

 standards of beauty will differ among various 

 peoples and stages of society and will alter from 

 age to age. 



Therefore it follows that anything, whether 

 produced by man or in Nature, which arouses an 

 emotion, is artistic. It will be seen, then, that a 

 painting, though highly accurate and a perfect 

 representation of a subject, that does not succeed 

 in doing this, may be less artistic than a camera 

 picture which does so succeed. For instance the 

 faithfully painted portrait of the Pleiads is an in- 

 ferior artistic production to an actual photograph 

 of this awe-inspiring constellation: the first can 

 never convey more than a vague approximation of 



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