dhood, with the mostnaive exclamations of surprise upon beholding themost homely and familiar objects. To this infan-tile point of view—free from all prejudice andpre-conception—they trained their vision, and thedeliberate crudities they created had so unmis-takable a quality of elemental frankness… … BY RENOIR sciously abetted the Futurist affectations andexaggerations. I have in mind Rodins return toGothic directness of emotion, Monticellis returnto unrepresentative ornament, Puvis de Cha-vannes return to Greek rhythm and primitiveinnocence, as seen through yearning modern eyes;finally Renoir,…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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