An Audience.The tiny sculptures revelled in the demotion of their celestial peers soaking up the limelight of human attention after an eon of slumber. Woken from their torpor by the one thing that all art desires
About This Quote
This quote originates from G.K. Chesterton’s 1909 collection of essays, “The Art of Being Ruled.” It is a brilliant description of just how much art can affect people. Every kind of art can be inspirational in the right measure, but there are different kinds of art that are even more so. When art really affects people, it is to bring them closer to God.
The statues in the story were made to venerate the dead after they had passed away. Our ancestors created these statues to honor their gods and not to be worshiped in turn. The work of art was meant to inspire humanity in a way that made the deceased proud and the living closer to God.