All art is a blend of form and content; and it is through certain excellences characterising either, that the artist succeeds in inducing in us the artistic attitude. In the case of poetry, for example, the content is constituted by the figurative ideas, and sentiments it expresses : and the form, by the musical language through which they find expression. Of these, the form varies much from one art to another; and it is also technical. We shall not refer to it here at any length, and shall confine our attention mainly to the content. We shall only observe, in passing, that the legitimate function of form is to subserve the content; and if it assumes greater importance, the work in which it does so marks a lapse from the best type of art. The content of art may be defined generally as the meaning which it expresses. The excellences that may characterize it are many, and they have been classified in various ways.
What kind of art is the best type as per the passage?
The one in which form subserves the content
The passage sets up a right relationship between form and content, and warns when it goes wrong.
It says the legitimate function of form is “to subserve the content; and if it assumes greater importance, the work in which it does so marks a lapse from the best type of art.”
So the best art is not the one where form is given greater importance (that is called a “lapse”), and content is meant to be served by form, not the reverse. The best type is therefore the one in which form serves — subserves — the content.
Hence, the best type of art is the one in which form subserves the content.
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