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The renaissance of sculpture in Belgium (1895)

Destrée, Olivier Georges, 1867-1919, Simmonds, Florence · London, Seeley and co., limited; New York, Macmillan and co. · leaf 48

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nts thehealthy robustness of form characteristic of his own countrywomen ; thefemale figures are heavy, obese, almost bestial in their repulsive develop-ment. I am willing to admit that the group may be admired for its.composition and movement, and for that exuberance of life with whichthe Antwerp… … THE RENAISSANCE OF SCULPTURE IN BELGIUM 43 figures or admitted them into their pictures. It is a feminine typehitherto unknown to art, even to Lambeauxs own art. We can onlyhope that it may never be reproduced by its author. The colossal bas-reliefs of The Passions of Humanity are Lambeauxsmost…

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