...traditionally conceived, Emerson argues against their "separate and contrasted existence." He insists that "beauty must come back to the useful arts, and the...between the fine and the useful arts be forgotten" (CW 2:21718). Having adopted German and Coleridgean organicism, which, in MH Abrams's words, "may be...

...life. As Emerson states: "this division of beauty from use, the laws of nature do not permit . . . Beauty must come back to the useful arts, and the...between the fine and the useful arts be forgotten ... In nature, all is useful, all is beautiful" (235). When we rid ourselves of our dualistic vision...

...forgotten. If history were truly told, if life were nohly spent, it would he no longer easy or possihle to distinguish the one from the other. In nature, all is useful, all is heautiful Art has not yet come to its maturity.. .if it is not practical and moral. . . . There is...

...own, and thus miswrite the poem." „The Poet", 449. 188 „Nature", 447. 189 Vgl. hierzu Emerson: „In nature, all is useful, all is beautiful. It...therefore useful, because it is symmetrical and fair." In: „Art" Porte (ed.) 1983: 429-440, 440. gen sich die natürlichen Gesetzmäßigkeiten, die laws...

...creative force for virtually all human endeavor, not just the fine arts and religion. Thus, for Emerson, "Beauty must come back to the useful arts, and the...between the fine and the useful arts be forgotten." As he remarked in his original lecture on the topic, "The universal soul is the alone creator of the...

...beautiful. The art faculty in $very child must be given an opportunity to show itself. Says Emerson, " Beauty must come back to the useful arts, and the distinction between the fine and the useful be forgotten.'" But a yet stronger plea for the development of the artistic and itsthetic side of drawing...