Project Gutenberg 2005-09-05 Public domain in the USA. 239 Cox, Kenyon 1856 1919 Artist and Public, and Other Essays on Art Subjects Artist and public -- Jean François Millet -- The illusion of progress -- Raphael -- Two ways of painting -- The American school -- Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Produced by Ted Garvin, Melissa Er-Raqabi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. "Artist and Public, and Other Essays on Art Subjects" by Kenyon Cox is a collection of essays on art criticism written in the early 20th century. The book explores the relationship between artists and their audiences, discussing the evolution of art in the context of societal changes, particularly after the French Revolution. It addresses key figures such as Raphael and Jean-François Millet, highlighting the challenges artists face in connecting with the public amidst evolving tastes and understandings of art. The opening of the book presents Cox's argument about the fundamental disconnection between modern artists and their audiences, which he attributes to societal transformations deemed revolutionary. He critiques the notion that all great artists are inherently misunderstood, positing that past masters enjoyed harmony with their patrons and the public. Cox emphasizes the chaotic state of contemporary art as a result of this dislocation and argues that real art must stem from a mutual understanding between artists and their audiences, a theme that sets the stage for subsequent essays in the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 60.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Art N Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Art 261722 2025-08-07T08:07:06.625966 text/html 254512 2020-12-12T12:51:00 text/html 4788732 2025-08-07T08:07:16.335913 application/epub+zip 4777619 2025-08-07T08:07:10.518930 application/epub+zip 161759 2025-08-07T08:07:08.968936 application/epub+zip 4932683 2025-08-07T08:07:20.807935 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4900019 2025-08-07T08:07:14.479964 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 307145 2022-09-08T06:46:32.920744 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 232093 2025-08-07T08:07:05.988965 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 231836 2020-12-12T12:51:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 231837 2020-12-12T12:51:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20119 2025-08-07T08:07:20.973878 application/rdf+xml 16642 2025-08-07T08:07:09.470943 image/jpeg 3704 2025-08-07T08:07:09.219957 image/jpeg 87169 2020-12-12T12:51:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 4571639 2020-12-12T12:51:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 87114 2020-12-12T12:51:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 4694942 2025-08-07T08:07:06.806005 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia