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GREAT ART
…Given the conditions I have tried to explain as constituting good art; —then, if it be devoted further to the increase of men’s happiness, to the redemption of the oppressed, or the enlargement of our sympathies with each other, or to such presentment of new or old truth about ourselves, and our relation to the world, as may ennoble and fortify us in our sojourn here, or, immediately, as with Dante, to the glory of God, it will be also great art…
From “Style,” by Walter Pater Advocate, 1934
The white-washed corridor was hung with smaller works—lino prints and etchings for the most part. Rowland and Clyde followed the prim young woman who led them from the reception area. It was after opening hours and so the gallery was almost entirely empty of people.
The main exhibitio
