Modern paintings as seen and described by great writers (1911)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930, compiler, editor · New York : Dodd, Mead & Company · leaf 188
instance, that they resignthemselves to the fashions of the day, and even then theyalter them as much as possible by the introduction of mantles,burnous shawls, scarfs and other accessories having somespecial character. Even in genre pictures they stop at thelast century with the picturesque… … DUEL AFTER THE MASQUERADE 137 limited; and, unfortunately, almost always of mediocre execu-tion. It would seem that the art of to-day is affected byfarsightedness, and can only discern objects belonging to re-mote and bygone ages: it sees nothing in what is taking place.Aside from portraits and…
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