American painters : with one hundred and four examples of their work engraved on wood (1881)
Sheldon, George William, 1843-1914 · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 185
ver cancompete with Nature, but always fails when trying to do so; and, in the sec-ond place, foolish, because Art has a sphere of her own, in which she is greaterthan Nature. Madame Tussauds wax-figures are very earnest and laborious attempts at realization, but probably no adult human being who… … THE PALMS OF BISKRA. From a Painting by Robert Swain Gijfford. ROBERT SWAIN OIFFORD. 95 as lie views her, and Nature with a revelation of his own feelings toward her.The impress of the man is left upon the work, and the work is the measure ofthe man. He has something fresh to tell us about what we…
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