Jasper and Gold
Jasper and Gold

Author: T C (Tullius Clinton) 1830 O'Kane

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2021-09-10

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 9781014976970

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Jasper and Gold
Jasper and Gold

Author: Tullius Clinton O'kane

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-09-17

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 9781333637729

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Excerpt from Jasper and Gold: A Choice Collection of Song-Gems for Sunday-Schools, Social Meetings, and Times of Refreshing In the compilation of this book the Author has steadily kept in view the following considerations: first - The average Sabbath-school of the present day is not made up entirely of children - very young persons; but. A large number of youth and many middle-aged, and even elderly persons, are found in the school studying the Word of God. It is not, therefore, a sufficient objection to a piece of Sabbath-school music, that it is excellent, but not adapted to children. Nor is it a sufficient reason for the insertion of a piece, that it is simple, unless in that simplicity there is a well-denned musical idea in the music, and some appropriate sentiment in the words. Second - The musical taste and talent of the average Sunday-school has been materially improved within the past few years. Crude poetry, and still cruder melodies and harmonies, must give place to verse that is born, not made, and to music that is inspired and not written for a certain sum per page. Third - The Spirituality of our Sabbath-schools is deeper than ever before. This is probably owing very largely to the evangelistic meetings held throughout the land; but, whatever the cause, it is a glorious truth, and a matter of sincere gratitude to the Master in the hearts of all earnest Sabbath-school workers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Luxury Arts of the Renaissance
Luxury Arts of the Renaissance

Author: Marina Belozerskaya

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 2005-10-01

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 0892367857

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Today we associate the Renaissance with painting, sculpture, and architecture—the “major” arts. Yet contemporaries often held the “minor” arts—gem-studded goldwork, richly embellished armor, splendid tapestries and embroideries, music, and ephemeral multi-media spectacles—in much higher esteem. Isabella d’Este, Marchesa of Mantua, was typical of the Italian nobility: she bequeathed to her children precious stone vases mounted in gold, engraved gems, ivories, and antique bronzes and marbles; her favorite ladies-in-waiting, by contrast, received mere paintings. Renaissance patrons and observers extolled finely wrought luxury artifacts for their exquisite craftsmanship and the symbolic capital of their components; paintings and sculptures in modest materials, although discussed by some literati, were of lesser consequence. This book endeavors to return to the mainstream material long marginalized as a result of historical and ideological biases of the intervening centuries. The author analyzes how luxury arts went from being lofty markers of ascendancy and discernment in the Renaissance to being dismissed as “decorative” or “minor” arts—extravagant trinkets of the rich unworthy of the status of Art. Then, by re-examining the objects themselves and their uses in their day, she shows how sumptuous creations constructed the world and taste of Renaissance women and men.