Eliza Allen Starr

thumb|Eliza Allen Starr Eliza Allen Starr (August 29, 1824 – September 8, 1901) was an American artist, art critic, teacher, and lecturer. Quotes Religious art Is the blossom of religious dogma, and is its pictorial exponent. It is no more possible to have a religious art without dogmas, than to have a religious worship without faith. From this faith In a revealed dogma, will spring, with more or less perfection and vigor, every work bearing. In the most remote manner, upon religious events and emotions; and, not from the bare belief, but from the glowing, sanctified inspiration of devout affection, holy desire and adoring faith, have sprung. In every age, those conceptions of heavenly things that appeal to the sympathies of modern as well as of ancient Christendom. Patron Saints (1883) External links Category:1824 births Category:1901 deaths Category:Art critics Category:Non-fiction authors from the United States Category:Journalists from Massachusetts Category:Women artists Category:Women authors from the United States Category:Women born in the 19th century Category:Artists from Massachusetts