g which does not appearto coincide exactly with the tastes to which they are 81 An Italian Artist accustomed, is received with the utmost diffidence.They demand of an artist that he shall appealclearly to their senses and to their intelligence. Itis not difficult, then, to imagine how they… … VITA CONTEMPLATIVA FROM AN ETCHTNG of the public, laughs mischievously to himselfwhen he thinks of the bewildered faces of thebourgeois before his canvases. But these good, easyfolk have few opportunities of being mystified byConconi, for he exhibits very seldom. Most ofhis work is done for his own…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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