French art, classic and contemporary, painting and sculpture (1901)
Brownell, W. C. (William Crary), 1851-1928 · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 321
its superficial triviahty. M, Samt-Marceaux is always successful in this way. One hasonly to look at the eyes of his figures to be convinced howsubtle is his art of expressing character. Here he swings quiteclear of all convention and manifests his genius positivelyand directly. The imfathomable… … I WE NEW TORC PUBLIC U^URT ACADEMIC SCULPTURErectly inspired by the ephebes of the Sistine ceiling is a mereblind. The same is true of the portrait heads which withinhis range M. Samt-Marceaux does better than almost any one.M. Renans Confessions hardly convey as distinct a notion ofcharacter as…
Art, French · Painting, French · Sculpture, French
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