Old And Sold Antiques AucitonThousands of articles from the past.The Room In Yellow- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Many a house owner of today dreads the blemish of nail-holes, and yet they are not nearly so much of an injury to appearance as are the triangles of wire which reach from the pictures to a molding just under the ceiling line.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/colonial-17.shtml High Purpose And Inspiration In Art- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Man is not an aesthetic being alone. He has a moral nature. It is well to admire physical beauty, but man's moral sense should not fail to appreciate moral beauty.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/art-and-heart-28.shtml Church Architecture And Ornamentation- (Found June 29, 2008 ) In this materialistic age, these times of grand and imposing church building and architecturean age that may yet rival ancient Greece in noble artistic conceptions, is it not well to pause and inquire where we are, and whither are we tending, and should there be any limit to adornment and outlay for God's sanctuaryhttp://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/art-and-heart-41.shtml Art And God- (Found June 29, 2008 ) We believe in using art, and especially architecture in its most impressive forms, to give dignity and attractiveness to the house of God.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/art-and-heart-42.shtml Great Cathedrals Of Europe- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Church architecture is not always an index of present church life and power. The beauty of a building may remain long after its purity of worship is gone and the beauty of holiness is departed from its members.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/art-and-heart-43.shtml Art Not Regenerative - But Instructive And Refining- (Found June 29, 2008 ) We must not mistake the influence of taste and sensibility in religion for religion itself. A man may gratify his taste for the grand and majestic in nature or for the beauties and glories of the fine arts, and yet never taste and see that the Lord is good.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/art-and-heart-44.shtml Artisitic Taste- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Artistic taste is not always pure moral taste. Some of the most sweet and beautiful flowers may grow right out of a bed of filth, so there has sometimes been an efflorescence of fine art, as a mere intellectual product, from an abominable substratum of society.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/art-and-heart-45.shtml The Artists Sacred History- (Found June 29, 2008 ) An artist may embody the purport of sacred history in painted or sculptured forms and give it intelligible expression. Angelo, Raphael, Da Vinci, and the great masters of the Renaissance, were the servants of Christian art.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/art-and-heart-47.shtml Outer Media Of The Inner Spirit- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Christianity seeks external expression of its vitality. It takes the shape of worship and of word, of church or kingdom, and of language or literature.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/art-and-heart-48.shtml Materialism And Spirituality- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Materialism is the enemy of spirituality. Matter is good in its place, but it is to be kept subordinate and tributary to spirit and not the reverse.http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/art-and-heart-49.shtml |