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A short history of art (1913)

De Forest, Julia B. d. 1910, Caffin, Charles Henry, 1854-1918 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 540

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the Rue de Grenelle, in Paris. But the greatest sculptor ofthis period was Jean Antoine Houdon (1741-1828). Hisadvice to his students was: Copy, copy alt^ays, and aboveall, copy accurately. While he occasionally produced anideal statue, such as the Diana, of the Louvre, his geniuswas best displayed… … HIKAM POWERS COllCORAN AllT OAI.i.EUY THE GREEK SLAVEThe first example of a nude statue, by an Ameri-can, made in Rome under the infiuenoe ofCanova and Thorwaldsen.

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