Appreciation of sculpture; a handbook by Russell Sturgis ... (1904)
Sturgis, Russell · The Baker · leaf 288
ich can never give a result ofdignity or of perfect grace. It was not in-tended, perhaps, to give dignity and perfectgrace to these embodiments of actual hu-manity. The same line of thought, both inthe basic sentiment and in the sculpturesqueconception, is shown in the series of figureson either… … f 4 I Recent Art, Part II, Sentiment there is the expression of tranquil hope.For all this rendering of daily experienceno classically perfect form of the sculp-turesque ideal would have served the turn.It was necessary to be realistic; and the re-sult of the realistic treatment is seen inwhat is,…
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