. A short history of art . ive and allegorical work which, in connec- •tion with architectural embellishment, has occupied mostof Frenchs later activity. One of the finest examples ofmonumental allegory ever created in America was hisstatue of Liberty, which occupied the Court of Honour atthe Worlds Exposition of Chicago; a piece so grandlysimple and expressive, that it ought to have been preservedin permanent form, since it possessed just that monu-mental impressiveness which Bartholdis Liberty was selected to execute the equestrian statue ofWashington presented by subscription t
. A short history of art . ive and allegorical work which, in connec- •tion with architectural embellishment, has occupied mostof Frenchs later activity. One of the finest examples ofmonumental allegory ever created in America was hisstatue of Liberty, which occupied the Court of Honour atthe Worlds Exposition of Chicago; a piece so grandlysimple and expressive, that it ought to have been preservedin permanent form, since it possessed just that monu-mental impressiveness which Bartholdis Liberty was selected to execute the equestrian statue ofWashington presented by subscription to the French nation. A special aptitude for decorative sculpture has been ex-hibited by Philip Martiny, who modelled the grand stair-case in the Library of Congress, and by Carl Bitter andLorado Taft. Another sculptor with a notably decora-Adams (1858- ) tive bias is Herbert Adams, who has been much inspired bythe Florentine sculpture of the fifteenth century. Hisbronze doors for the Library of Congress revealed not only. H. A. MACNEIL THE SUN VOWA striking and moving composition. ??1
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