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Excerpt from Art and Scenery in Europe: With Other Papers But it is not the energy and beauty inherent in particular prod actions, - the delight which they afford the taste, the expan sion they give to the imagination, or the elevation to which they guide the spirit, - that constitute all the value of those exhibi tions of genius which Europe sets before us. It is as an illus tration of the properties and history of the mind, that the study of Art is able to engage and reward the most animated curiosity. To observe the rise, development, extension, modifications and decline, of the power of Art, at various times and in different countries, - to note its relations to the progress of society, and its connection with the moral state of the people among whom it appears, - and thus to arrive at some anticipation of the fortunes of Art in the present day, -form a large share of the satisfaction of ranging through the galleries of the continent. 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.