International studio . minates or ousts the others does thework become an artistic failure. There-fore, in any consideration of the Christ,among the factors which may be consideredare the following : The subject : Christ. The subjects time : after Golgotha. The artist : Jacob Epstein. The artists time : After the Great War. Here are four leading factors, by noirieans all, which require looking into, firstof all separately; then, whether thefinished work of art embodies them in aharmonious unit. Criticism demands of av/ork of this kind, character, truth, tradi-tional values ; and although it as
International studio . minates or ousts the others does thework become an artistic failure. There-fore, in any consideration of the Christ,among the factors which may be consideredare the following : The subject : Christ. The subjects time : after Golgotha. The artist : Jacob Epstein. The artists time : After the Great War. Here are four leading factors, by noirieans all, which require looking into, firstof all separately; then, whether thefinished work of art embodies them in aharmonious unit. Criticism demands of av/ork of this kind, character, truth, tradi-tional values ; and although it asks for afaithful interpretation which will satisfythe historical sense, it also wants thisinterpretation to synchronize with our owntime. Again, while it must be satisfiedthat the subject is Christ, it will not remaincontent with that, but desires that thiswork shall be expressed through the per-sonal temperament of the artist. A carefulstudy of these factors should convince anyone that an artistic conception of a his-. • LILLIAN SHELLEYBY JACOB EPSTEIN JACOB EPSTEIN: ARTIST-PHILOSOPHER
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