American painters: with eighty-three examples of their work engraved on wood (1879)
Sheldon, George William, 1843-1914 · New York : D. Appleton and company · leaf 259
mplete mastery of all thetechnicalities of art, fascinating by the most dexterous execution and brilliancyof color, yet false to Nature and destitute of all that awakens thought or inter-ests the feelings. Much has been said by writers on art as well as artists, in disparage-ment of what they call… … MORNING./■>«/« a Fainting by Horace Wolcott Robbins p 188. HORACE WOLCOTT ROBBINS. 133 imitation, so called, is difficult to understand. If its meaning is limited tothat view of realism which accepts commonplace forms and appearances, with-out searching for the ideal of natural beauty, the…
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