lm beauty could findentire expression in the serenity of transparentmarbles; it was because there was perfectaccord between the thought and the matterthat it animated. The modern spirit, on thecontrary, upsets and breaks all forms in whichit takes body. No; no artist will ever surpass Phidias—for… … 56. A CAPTIVE. By Michael Angelo. AT THE LOUVRE We passed on to the room which holdsthe work of Michael Angelo. To reach itwe crossed that of Jean Goujon and ofGermain Pilon. Your elder brothers, I said. I should like to think so, Rodin answeredwith a sigh. We were now before theCaptives, by…
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