Mural painting in America; the Scammon lectures, delivered before the Art institute of Chicago, March, 1912, and since greatly enlarged, by Edwin Howland Blashfield; (1913)
Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 52
tohimself many recruits from the ranks of the saidcitizens and committeemen. To every one of thesewe appeal, and with their aid we shall win, for beautyput into concrete form can work wonders, and inthe end convinces. When the artist is dead and canpaint no longer he begins to earn great sums for… … eu IMPORTANCE OF DECORATION 23 outcome of an age and a spirit which have departed,and that we cannot order its counterpart into being,we saw it from the wall and transfer it with infinitecare to canvas, and buy it at a great price for ourmuseums. And so we recognize the past, and forget that…
Mural painting and decoration · Painting
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