Muther, Richard, 1860-1909 · London : J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton · leaf 210
rt. He was free from THE LEGACY OF GERMAN ROMANTICISM 173 the malady of that sham Romanticism which sought the salvation of art inthe resuiTection of the Middle Ages, misunderstood, and grasped sentimentally,and as it were by stencil. He was spiritually permeated by that which hadgiven Romanticism… … DEATH THE FRIEND OF MAN. beauty that fair night of enchantment which holds the mind captive. Heincorporated the romantic idea in painting as Weber did in music, and his works,like the Freischiitz, will live for ever. Many a man listened to him holdingforth upon water-nymphs, gnomes, and tricksy…
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