He searches in the outside world for the perfect manifestation of his own soul, when he finds this object, he can create masterpieces by painting it (Bloom 109). ... Ironically, the purpose of Basil Hallward's existence is that he is an aesthete striving to become one with his art (Eriksen 105). ... "Lord Henry presents Dorian with the tenants of his New Hedonism, whose basis is self-development leading to the perfect realization of one's nature" (Eriksen 97). ... Eventually, he is left destitute, without Dorian, the art he so cherishes, because he tried to mold it, as dictated by...

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Degas" interest for the new techniques and the foreign art. ... I feel that at that time the meaning of art was changing. Art was becoming a way to please everybody. ... The snap shot is so well studied, and the composition so perfect, that I do not think that it happened accidentally, as Degas would want us to believe. ...

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As Emerson and Thoreau proposed divine models for behavior and self integrity, In "The Natural House" Wright proposed a divine model for what he considered to be the perfect house. ... It is this atmosphere that seems to me most lacking in our art galleries, museums, music halls and theaters. The Guggenheim is undeniably a master of architecture and is in fact such an incredible structure in and of itself that it has been criticized for detracting from the art housed in the building. ...

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