Art thoughts : the experiences and observations of an American amateur in Europe (1869)
Jarves, James Jackson, 1818-1888 · New York : Hurd and Houghton · leaf 297
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 what it is, a brilliant and… … 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 something of mediaeval decorum of composition and sincerity of purpose,while the sixteenth century sculpture, more Italian…
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