. Painting, sculpture, and architecture as representative arts : an essay in comparative aesthetics. 4^l^^l^i:S^ Prin-eH by permission of ihe 153.—COVER OF THE CATALOGUE OF THE AMERICAN WATER-COLORSOCIETY, pages 232, 234. 233 2 34 PAINTING, SCULPTUKR, AND ARCHITECTURE. ing it, by way of distinction, artistic and very artistic,how can he refrain from feeling that, the next time theseterms are used, they may be appHed to what is distinc-tively inartistic ? As regards significance, the splashingwater and peacock represent water-color only by a sort ofsymbolic pun ; and, as
. Painting, sculpture, and architecture as representative arts : an essay in comparative aesthetics. 4^l^^l^i:S^ Prin-eH by permission of ihe 153.—COVER OF THE CATALOGUE OF THE AMERICAN WATER-COLORSOCIETY, pages 232, 234. 233 2 34 PAINTING, SCULPTUKR, AND ARCHITECTURE. ing it, by way of distinction, artistic and very artistic,how can he refrain from feeling that, the next time theseterms are used, they may be appHed to what is distinc-tively inartistic ? As regards significance, the splashingwater and peacock represent water-color only by a sort ofsymbolic pun ; and, as regards form, the foliage, bird, andwoman, with the wetting that she is giving her skirt, allshow a very decided bias toward tiie unnatural side of theconventional. But what harm can this do ? may beasked. No harm, perhaps, unless the same tendency becarried farther. But will it not be ? As a proof that,unless checked, it certainly will, let any one glance at theillustrations in the new English magazine, The YellowBook ; and then in humiliation read over the names ofhitherto reputable authors who have been
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