. Art in France. volution; this work was simply restoration. The Monarchy of July had very different ambitions. The reign of Louis Philippe produced more statues than that of Louis XIV, but the Citizen King glorified the nation, not the mon-archy ; works which date from this period are the Cities of France seated round the obelisk in the Place de la Concorde, some of the Heroes in the fore-courts at Versailles, and the Women of France in the Luxembourg, a series of mediocre statues which the charming framework of thegarden makes more attractivethan manv masterpieces. Until this period sculptur
. Art in France. volution; this work was simply restoration. The Monarchy of July had very different ambitions. The reign of Louis Philippe produced more statues than that of Louis XIV, but the Citizen King glorified the nation, not the mon-archy ; works which date from this period are the Cities of France seated round the obelisk in the Place de la Concorde, some of the Heroes in the fore-courts at Versailles, and the Women of France in the Luxembourg, a series of mediocre statues which the charming framework of thegarden makes more attractivethan manv masterpieces. Until this period sculpture,when not decorative, hadbeen religious, mythologicaland monarchical; novv- itsfunction was to be indefinitelvextended. This art, reservedat first for the gods, and thenfor kings, was now to conse-crate the immortality of greatmen. No worship can sub-sist without images; hero-\vorship gave renewed vitalitvto sculpture. National sub-scriptions provided for theerection of statues in evervtown which had given birth. 70S.—CORTOT. THE SOLDIEROF (The Louvre, Paris.) 365 AKI IN FRANCE
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