The photoplay; a psychological study (1916)

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Record Details:

Title:
The photoplay; a psychological study
Date:
1916
Publisher:
New York [etc.] D. Appleton and company
Volume:
The photoplay; a psychological study
Leaf #:
000159
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Cornell University Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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THE PHOTOPLAY surrounding world is severed. He places Ms statue on a pedestal so that it cannot possibly step into the room around it. 'He makes his persons speak in verse so that they cannot possibly be connected with the intercourse of the day. He tells his story so that nothing can happen after the last chapter. The wOrh of art shows us the things and events per- fectly complete in themselves, freed from all connections which lead beyond their own limits, that is, in perfect isolation. Both the truth which the scholar discovers and the beauty which the artist creates are valuable; but it is now clear that the value ia both cases lies not in the mere repetition of the offerings of reality. There is no reason whatever for appreciatiag a mere imitation or repetition of that which exists in the world. Neither the scholar nor the artist could do better than nature or history. The value in both cases lies just in the deviation from real- ity in the service of human desires and ideals. The desire and ideal of the scholar is to give us an interconnected world in which we un- derstand everything by its being linked with everything else; and the desire and ideal of the artist in every possible art is to give us 150