The North American Review, 1843, Vol. 56 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The North American Review, 1843, Vol. 56We apprehend that it might be found ou examination, that the houses and places in which the gratification of taste was least thought of, are those which make the happiest impres sion upon the eye. If the artist would draw an American landscape, he rejoices not in the tall mansion, with its Grecian facade, and its kitchen after the manner of a tail in the rear, but rather in the steep-roofed work of antiquity, with its projecting upper ¿oor, in which the obvious purpose of defence, against the snowstorms and savages of former days, give it the grace of fitness, if it has no other. The cottage, which never rejoiced in whiteness, but patiently bears the complexion which sun and tempests engrained upon it, is also an agreeable feature in the prospect to the artist's eye, and even the log-hut, set in an indentation of the forest, with no works of art, save blackened stumps of trees around, figures to advantage, because it pretends to nothing. Much does the self-satisfied proprietor wonder why the practised eye should descend to subjects so un worthy, when his palace, as fine as cornice and column can make it, is towering at their sides. But he dies without solving the problem to his own satisfaction, for it is not within the compass of possibility, that he should understand the beauty of fitness, and adaptation to place and circum stances, which he has himself been at so much expense to disregard.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.