et^nal disappointments of illusion ! Now my attention was attracted by a thirdsculpture, the Centauress. The human bustof the fabulous creature yearns despairinglytowards an end which her longing arms cannever attain ; but the hind hoofs, grapplingthe soil, are fast there, and the heavy… … 46. THE CENTAURESS. By A. Rodin. THOUGHT IN ART In themes of this kind, Rodin said, thethought, I believe, is easily read. Theyawaken the imagination of the spectators ^without any outside help. And yet, far fromconfining it in narrow limits, they give itrein to roam at will. That is, according…
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