Art in America; a critical and historical sketch (1880)
Benjamin, S. G. W. (Samuel Greene Wheeler), 1837-1914 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 180
liG Airr IN AMERICA. descending into Tartarus in searcli of liis wife Eiirydice seems, on tlie whole, to be the most symmetrical and just representative work of this great sculptor. Ills stately and graceful statiTe of Liberty” on the dome of the Capitol is also entitled to high consideration, but… … time we should need a national gal- “MEDEA.” [william WETxMOKE STORY.] lery of statuary; while the inequal- ity in the merit of the sculptures already placed there would indicate that they had been chosen entirely by lot rather than by deliberate selection. Not until a pei-manent national art…
Art, American · Art
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