Some Sources of Romanticism: 3 – The True Fathers of Romanticism
Isaiah Berlin
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A Work of Art Is the Expression of a Man
The artist took very much the possession of a purveyor who said, my private life is no business of the man who buys the work of art. You have asked for a silver bowl. Here it is. I provide id. It's always a voice speaking. A work of art is the voice of one man addressing himself to other men. When we appreciate a work of art, we are put in some kind of contact with the man who made it. And in some sense, it speaks to us. That is certainly the doctrine. The idea that an artist should say, as an artist, i do this, and asa or a husband, i do that. This was not
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