Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Detroit, Mich., Published for the Bay View Reading Club by the Macmillan Company, New York · leaf 246
ought and conception were deficient. In our illustration from the Cathedral of Brussels we havean indication of the prodigality and luxury of sculpturedecoration in the important Catholic churches of the seven-teenth century (Fig. 155). It was a time when the multi-plication of statues and carvings… … Fig, 157.—Prometheus, by Adam. Louvre. Eighteenth Century. 238 Renaissance arid Modern Art. cannot ask of wood carving the severity and simplicitywhich are demanded by the intractabihty, weight, andhardness of stone. We could not say that the Fall ofMan has been seriously conceived in this pulpit,…
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