The " Lesser Arts." — It will add to the interest and value
of the lesson to picture those times in the world's history
when it was consciously sought to make the common things
of life beautiful ; when the potter, the carver, the metal
worker, the weaver, the embroiderer were all artists in their
way. We speak of their work as the " lesser arts " as com-
pared with the statue and the painting ; but there was no
such separation between them as there is to-day. Many of
24 HANDBOOK OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE
the great painters were goldsmiths, and many of the sculp-
tors, stone carvers. Botticelli decorated the panels of linen
closets. Benvenuto Cellini chiselled book clasps and drink-
ing cups. The renowned Dutch painter, Hans Holbein,
decorated the fronts of houses and painted fashion-plates
for ladies' costumes.
Show pictures illustrating these facts, and wherever pos-
sible visit museums that contain beautiful examples of
household furniture or ornament.
The Truths summed up. — Gather up the vital truths of
this lesson in some such statements as the following : —
1. It is one function of art to give pleasure in the common
things of life by giving them beauty of form, of pattern, and
of color.
2. Decoration must never interfere with use.
3. The first law of good taste is fitness; and no amount
of beauty in the material or of excellence in the workman-
ship can compensate for a lack of this quality in an object
of decoration.
4. Lasting pleasure can be found only in thoroughly use-
ful and well-constructed things, made out of good and
suitable material, appearing in their appropriate places and
fulfilling their proper uses.
5. Keep nothing in your house that is not either useful
or beautiful.
Read, and let the pupils read, a little book by Lucy Crane
containing six lectures on "Art and the Formation of Taste."
The first two lectures bear on the present subject, and are
very interesting and suggestive.
The teacher will find many suggestions — especially on
the historical part of House Decoration — in Wharton and
Codman's " The Decoration of Houses " (Scribner's, 1898).
It need scarcely be said to the intelligent teacher that the
THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL 25
liints on furnisliint,' and decorating here given are not in-
tended to be complete. Much has been omitted, partly from
lack of space ; and partly because the information can easily
be supplied by the teacher.
The sole aim of the lessons is to arouse in the pupils a
desire to make the home a place from which all beautiful
influences shall emanate. And the sole aim of this chapter
is to unfold to tlie teacher a plan that has been satisfactorily
used by the writer.
"7iE is not instruction hut provocation that one mind can give
to another. ^^
OCTOBER
. I. THE KITCHEN
II. ADVANCED COURSE :
Starchy Foods and how to cook them
By ABBY LILLIAN MARL ATT, M.Sc,
Member of the American Chemical Society,
Late Professor of Domestic Science in the Utah Agricultural College,
NOW Teacher or Domestic Science in Manual Training High School,
Providence, K.I.
CHAPTER II
THE KITCHEN
The Kitchex in Art
Dutch Kitchen, Maes, Loudon ; Dutch Kitchen, Dou, Louvre, Paris ;
The Spinner., Dou, Munich ; AmjeVs Kitchen, Murillo, Louvre, Paris.
The Kitchen in Literature
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Presented as published in 1900. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
The " Lesser Arts." — It will add to the interest and value of the lesson to picture those times in the world's history when it was consciously sought to make the common things of life beautiful ; when the potter, the carver, the metal worker, the weaver, the embroiderer were all artists in their way. We speak of their work as the " lesser arts " as compared with the statue and the painting ; but there was no such separation between them as there is to-day. Many of
the great painters were goldsmiths, and many of the sculptors, stone carvers. Botticelli decorated the panels of linen closets. Benvenuto Cellini chiselled book clasps and drinking cups. The renowned Dutch painter, Hans Holbein, decorated the fronts of houses and painted fashion-plates for ladies' costumes.
Show pictures illustrating these facts, and wherever possible visit museums that contain beautiful examples of household furniture or ornament.
The Truths summed up. — Gather up the vital truths of this lesson in some such statements as the following : —
1. It is one function of art to give pleasure in the common things of life by giving them beauty of form, of pattern, and of color.
2. Decoration must never interfere with use.
3. The first law of good taste is fitness; and no amount of beauty in the material or of excellence in the workmanship can compensate for a lack of this quality in an object of decoration.
4. Lasting pleasure can be found only in thoroughly useful and well-constructed things, made out of good and suitable material, appearing in their appropriate places and fulfilling their proper uses.
5. Keep nothing in your house that is not either useful or beautiful.
Read, and let the pupils read, a little book by Lucy Crane containing six lectures on "Art and the Formation of Taste." The first two lectures bear on the present subject, and are very interesting and suggestive.
The teacher will find many suggestions — especially on the historical part of House Decoration — in Wharton and Codman's " The Decoration of Houses " (Scribner's, 1898).
It need scarcely be said to the intelligent teacher that the
hints on furnishing and decorating here given are not intended to be complete. Much has been omitted, partly from lack of space ; and partly because the information can easily be supplied by the teacher.
The sole aim of the lessons is to arouse in the pupils a desire to make the home a place from which all beautiful influences shall emanate. And the sole aim of this chapter is to unfold to the teacher a plan that has been satisfactorily used by the writer.
"7iE is not instruction hut provocation that one mind can give to another. ^^
OCTOBER
II. ADVANCED COURSE :
Starchy Foods and how to cook them
By ABBY LILLIAN MARL ATT, M.Sc,
Member of the American Chemical Society,
Late Professor of Domestic Science in the Utah Agricultural College,
NOW Teacher or Domestic Science in Manual Training High School,
Providence, K.I.
CHAPTER II
The Kitchex in Art
Dutch Kitchen, Maes, Loudon ; Dutch Kitchen, Dou, Louvre, Paris ; The Spinner., Dou, Munich ; AmjeVs Kitchen, Murillo, Louvre, Paris.
The Kitchen in Literature