Smith, Frank Berkeley, 1869- · New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co. · leaf 79
ete in the daysof the Romans. But all through it, one isimpressed by its artistic completeness, itsstudied splendor, and permissible license,so long as a costume (or the lack of it) pro-duces an artistic result. One sees the miseen scene of a barbaric court produced bythe architects of an atelier,… … ones breath away. Again an atelier ofpainters may reproduce the frieze of theParthenon in color; another a float or adecoration, suggesting the works of theirmaster. The room becomes a thing of splendor,for it is as gorgeous a spectacle as thecleverest of the painters, sculptors, andarchitects can…
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