Art thoughts : the experiences and observations of an American amateur in Europe (1871)
Jarves, James Jackson, 1818-1888 · New York : Hurd and Houghton · leaf 297
em, therefore, that theelevation of French painting depends not on money, fashion, orpatronage of government. More serious inspiration is neededto arouse it to put forth energies and aspirations commensuratewith the high office it ought to take. But until that is gener-ated, we must take it for… … FRENCH SCULPTURE AND ARCHITECTURE. RENCH sculpture demands but brief notice. Be-side painting it makes but an indifferent figure,though much the same in spirit. The earlierRenaissant sepulchral monuments retain somethingof mediaeval decorum of composition and sincerity of purpose,while the…
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