An English holiday with car and camera . o eiU o Q ,-*sa;..: ^si^-^ o oiu Z;o Ill TIME THE BEAUTIFIER 49 finished; the subtle touch of the carver, the markof the craftsmans chisel on the stone are absent;the rapport with the workman is wanting. Perhapsthe very perfection of modern tools militates againstthis. Could a machine produce such work, one feelsthat a machine might have done it. Now medievalsculpturing, with its varied surfaces and irregularregularities, is the very antithesis of the , work cannot be too good, but it may be over-refined, to the loss of all character,
An English holiday with car and camera . o eiU o Q ,-*sa;..: ^si^-^ o oiu Z;o Ill TIME THE BEAUTIFIER 49 finished; the subtle touch of the carver, the markof the craftsmans chisel on the stone are absent;the rapport with the workman is wanting. Perhapsthe very perfection of modern tools militates againstthis. Could a machine produce such work, one feelsthat a machine might have done it. Now medievalsculpturing, with its varied surfaces and irregularregularities, is the very antithesis of the , work cannot be too good, but it may be over-refined, to the loss of all character, and character ismore than finish. Still it must be conceded that when age hastoned down the fresh stone-work, when Time hasrounded off a too sharp angle here and there, whenthe suns and storms of years have tinted it all over,when the clinging lichen has traced patterns of goldand silver upon it, the cross will be viewed to betterpictorial advantage. The chief charm of old worklies with the inspired craftsman, but to this anadded charm is undoubtedly due to the mel
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