Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933 · Boston, Marshall Jones Company · leaf 68
some other idea. Allegory ofthe most bald and obvious kind is the plagueof modern art. Everywhere, for example, wesee dry and uninspired figures of Electricity,Progress, Autumn, Industry, and the like.Symbolism, on the other hand, we find inthe plays of Ibsen, where a character in thedrama is… … • Portal of the Cathedral at Senlis ASTOR, LENOXTILDEN EOONDATI- ART OF THE MIDDLE AGE symbolism. Allegory is rarely used. Theexample of the Liberal Arts, cited above, isone of the few I recollect, and even that isby a variety of expedients given a subtletyand intellectual character quite at…
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