Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

Int1·oduction

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Donatello on picture frames, while Pollajuolo made candlesticks. The mоге our leading artists 1·ealize the need of thcir attcntion in the minoг aгts, the more nearly shall ,ve attain to а genuine аШаnсе between the aгts and tl1e cгafts. То sum up tl1c effect of this harmony bet,veen art and craft in the Middle Ages, the АЬЬе Texier has said: " In those days art апd шanнfactures ,ve1·e Ыended and identified; a1·t gained Ьу tbls affinity great pшctical facility, and manufactшe mucl1 oгiginal beauty." And tl1en the value to the artist is alшost incalculaЫe. То spend one's life in getting шeans on which to live is а waste of all enjoyment. То usc one's lifе as one goes along - to live every day with pleasure in congenial occupation - that is the only thing ,vorth while. ThP­ lifе of а craftsman is а coпstant daily fulfilшent of the final ideal of the шаn who spends all his time and st1·engtl1 iп acquiring wealth so that sоше time (and he шау never live to see the day) he may Ье аЫе to control his time and to use it as pleases him. There is stored нр capital rep1·esented in the life of а man whose work is а recreation, and expl'essive of his own personality. In а book of this size it is not possiЫe to treat of every art or craft ,vllich engaged the skill of the mediroval ,vшkers. But at some futшe time I hope to make а separate study of the ceramics, glass in its various forms, tЬе arts of engraving and printing, and some of the many otheгs which have added so much to the pleasшe and beauty of the civilized world.