Studies in pictures; an introduction to the famous galleries (1907)
Van Dyke, John Charles, 1856-1932 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 208
bodyand great loping spring; and almost in the samefamily, notice the distinct nature of each kind. Itis the clumsiness of the elephant, the ferocity of thetiger, the docility and mild indolence of the cowthat in each ease makes for the nature of the beast.Every species of the animal kingdom,… … THE ANIMAL IN ART 119 Now it is worth while noticing that animal char-acter may be of two kinds. There is the true char-acter given animals by nature; and there is a falsecharacter occasionally given them by men when theyseek to poetize or paiat them. The true characterI take to be just what the…
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