Studies in pictures; an introduction to the famous galleries (1907)
Van Dyke, John Charles, 1856-1932 · New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 94
the time; but the key in each instanceis lost, and the tale, even to its very name, is nolonger read or readable. And yet how very little thepictures suffer by the loss. They are to-day amongthe most interesting canvases of those masters purelyand simply because of their visible art—because ofwhat… … THEMES OF THE MASTERS 47 Watch seems to make the picture none the worse.We instinctively seek other qualities in the work thanits literary or representative features. The storypart of it, even in a School of Athens, rather boresus. We are not disposed to bother with it; but thet3rpes__and…
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