OH WRETCHED MORTALS OPEN YOUR EYES!

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HE OTHER EVENING-oureclass.period (Intermediate drawing) devel-

é Bene into aneOpen forum. A member begafi*by, saying ‘that Leon-

ardo da Vinci's art might be considered the consummation of Art in his

ages and the ages preceding, and for that matterefor all of Western Art.

Stenographer: Why would you say that?

Telephone Operator: Because his work contairisall the‘qualities of, Giotto,
Massaccio, Signorelli, Boticello, Raphael;.and Michael Angelo.

Salesman:-He lived, in ‘an. age when
Art. was~thexart.of the people,
whenit-had "a purpose and a use.

GabinetMaker: Weten’t there pat-
rons Who helped promising young
artistsget their ‘training in those
days)“ imagine that) would haye
contributed..gteatly to ~producing

“~, fine ‘artists.

Mechanic?Haven’t there\ been any
really. gteat artists, sihce\ then?
Commercial (Artist: Only a few,

like Rubens, Rembrandt, Renoir,
Daumier, Cézanne, but /it was
only ‘theirpetsonal greatness, that
made it\ possible for them\ to\rise
above their handicaps.

Waitresse doubtithat;-butsit’s too, bad, we\haven’t'a few patrons,of\ Art
today. We might produce more \of\ the /real thing instead\of, so
much so-called Art.

University Student: Oh, there are \a few; like Albert Barnes, Chester
Dale, Andrew Mellon, and in\Canada,, Vincent Massey.

School ‘Teacher: The interest that’s being taken, in ‘creative child Art
today is going to be a big help. It should \produce/ a) generation
that will patronize and appreciate true Art.

Warehouse Employee: Yes, and the WP.A. project in the U.S.A: is only
the beginning of a lot méré movements of its kind.

Factory Worker: World fairs/give/attists’ a/place/to express themselves.

Brown: It is quite true that my greatfriend da Vinci did summarize the
Art of his age’ and doesStand as the great symbol of the Western
Aft tradition insofar ag he! combined, our two greatest features,
the glorification of the individual and the scientific _attitude.to-
gether with a great personal faiths, But, there is still one,great art
thriving.\ I refer to the att of eating. Now I propose... }

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