Appreciation of sculpture; a handbook by Russell Sturgis ... (1904)
Sturgis, Russell · The Baker · leaf 316
of Washington, to be a merecommonplace of public magnificence—not awork of art which we are to see. It is truethat this keeping of the spectator at a dis-tance of 120 feet more or less, is a good ruleif no other means could be used to persuadethe spectator that it could only be seen,placed as it… … Recent Art, Part III, Monumental Effect examine it through a spy-gkiss. This faultis wholly avoided in the case of the ShawMonument on Boston Common. That re-markable production, a huge alto-relief, isset so that one approaches it close, the Bea-con Street sidewalk leading quite up to theslight…
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