hen tl is sell 1 ■ m « tou .becomes a possession fatal to the artist; it forms.in end in itself, obscuring the finer and more\ ii.il functions ol art, a< rificing art to virtui 1 ;il j In a picture in which the authors aim has bi produce men clevet ness, then- is always something ol thi l irag… … ol Versailles, so beautifully formal,its proportions, so ri< h in di i orativeI device, with its i \> jui^itf etttoui rkling fountains and spacious and subjects best pit hires ; he Ins made its lliarl) his own ; in r. nil. tout h ol the artifii ial) ins dis 11 ■ ctraordinar), varii d, and -…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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