Smith, Walter, 1836-1886, Smith, Walter, 1836-1886. Industrial art of the International Exhibition · New York, R. Worthington · leaf 283
ough), but those of the women. Do not they torture their feet and contracttheir waists and place protuberances on their persons and erect constructionson their heads—in short, deform their natural shapes? The female form is ourtype of beauty, and the Greek idealists are recognized as having o-iven… … Lace : Collective Exhibit of Brussels. if not to betray the sym-metry of a perfect figure.If not well formed by na-ture, it is reasonable andperhaps justifiable thatthey should resort to art;but to go beyond this, tomar their own beauty,—that women should dothis would be inconceiv-able, if we had…
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) · Decorative arts
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