Excerpt from Every Man His Own Art Critic, Glasgow Exhibition, an Introduction to the Study of Pictures<br><br>Platitudes notwithstanding, this definite common-sense basis of art criticism really does exist. Secondly, it is in some measure speedily attainable by all that is, all who will bring to art such patience and Open-mindedness as they would bring to any other subject with which they desire better acquaintance. These, at any rate, are the two postulates Of the present paper; they are implied in the proposition Of its title every man may be something of an art critic, and that intelligently; he may not only enjoy as heretofore the choice of his own natural artistic taste, but may analyse it and know what he is getting; he may examine too what are the new and strange dainties offered him by others, and SO not only purify his table, but enrich and vary it far beyond his present limits. For he who is most fully his own art critic gets most good out of life.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.