Painting, sculpture and architecture as representative arts; an essay in comparative æsthetics (1895)
Raymond, George Lansing, 1839-1929 · New York [etc.] G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 408
the church and house to the left, in particular. In moresenses than one it represents selfishness and greed, en-tirely throwing into the shade beauty, health, kindness,rationality, and safety. Were it possible for any artisticmotive to appeal to ourlegislatures, they would pass lawsenabling owners… … 366 PAINTING, SCULPTURE, AND ARCHITECTURE. building as it is, considered only in itself, it makes worsethan wasted every penny ever expended for the purposeof giving the adjoining buildings architectural dignity orvalue. Of course, nobody can imagine that our legislators willever be influenced by…
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