Old And Sold Antiques AucitonThousands of articles from the past.The Maha-Bharata And Ramayana- (Found June 29, 2008 ) ANCIENT INDIA, like ancient Greece, boasts of two great Epics. The Maha-Bharata, based on the legends and traditions of a great historical war, is the lliad of India.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/wisdom-3.shtml Selections From The Maha-Bharata - The Desires- (Found June 29, 2008 ) THE Brahman said: "Look how creatures of the highest, midway and Iowest degrees are everywhere here enmeshed in grief because of their works.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/wisdom-4.shtml A Beautiful Life- (Found June 29, 2008 ) A beautiful life is not essentially different from a beautiful character. It is simply character revealed or illustrated. The outward life is the inner character crystallized into action and visible shape.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/art-and-heart-16.shtml The Relations Of Industrial And Fine Art To Human Life- (Found June 29, 2008 ) The terms science and art have been too often ambiguously confounded and interchanged. Science is the theory, art is the practice. Science proposes, art performs.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/art-and-heart-17.shtml The Origin And Comparative Dignity Of The Fine Arts- (Found June 29, 2008 ) The first period of all fine art was that of symbolism. The obscure ideas of primitive man struggled to find expression in rude symbolic art. This was perpetuated in the architecture of the early Egyptian and Asiatic races.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/art-and-heart-18.shtml The Pleasing Quality Of Art- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Nature herself is the most skillful and ingenious of artists. Look at the bee's honey comb, the spider's web, the beaver's dam, the bird's nest, the tarantula's hinged and beveled door to its silken-lined home in the ground!http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/art-and-heart-19.shtml Outward Adorning And Personal Beauty- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Many people have beauty only on one side, the outside. Every person has a value according to the standard by which he is estimated.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/art-and-heart-2.shtml Nature And Art- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Naturalness is what we are to look for first, and if a work of art is true to natureto natural forms, the second quality or beauty will generally appear.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/art-and-heart-20.shtml The Power Of Pictorial And Plastic Art- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Great is the power of the skillful artist. The artist's brush and chisel have often deceived the very eye of both man and beast.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/art-and-heart-21.shtml The Artists Power Over Human Minds- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Few persons realize the artist's power over the human mind and heart. Man is a being subject to impressions and external influences. Every companion he associates with, every book he reads, every picture he sees leaves impressions upon him that have their effect.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/art-and-heart-22.shtml |