French art, classic and contemporary, painting and sculpture (1901)
Brownell, W. C. (William Crary), 1851-1928 · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 425
hing he chooses. His great distinction in this respect is thatwhat he chooses to do is the interpretative representation ofnature. He has none of the sculptors traditions as to what isfit subject for representation in form. Nature is his to workwith as fully and abundantly as she is the least… … THE NEW TORIPUBUC UBRART ■r>i,PSH FOUNPATIONS RODIN AND THE INSTITUTERodin does it, at least—was in modern art a new thing. Hisrange in this is extraordinary. It extends from the prettinessesof Clodion to the heroic works of—but really when it comesto heroic sculpture is there any one since…
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