. Art in France. FIG. 93O. RODIN. BIST OF A WOMAN. (The Luxembourg, Paris.) 449 ART IN FRANCE. FIG. 937.—RODIN. THE Klr^: (The Luxembourg, Paris.) These are poor humans attached to lifeand whom nothing consoles for consoHng hope of a thirteenth-century behever finds no place here,and the artist has not ventured to givean image of the resurrection. We areconscious of that same indecision whichweighs upon venerable ceremonies, theold rites of which have been correctedby the philosophical spirit, that empti-ness which rationalism has created in asensibility that has remained
. Art in France. FIG. 93O. RODIN. BIST OF A WOMAN. (The Luxembourg, Paris.) 449 ART IN FRANCE. FIG. 937.—RODIN. THE Klr^: (The Luxembourg, Paris.) These are poor humans attached to lifeand whom nothing consoles for consoHng hope of a thirteenth-century behever finds no place here,and the artist has not ventured to givean image of the resurrection. We areconscious of that same indecision whichweighs upon venerable ceremonies, theold rites of which have been correctedby the philosophical spirit, that empti-ness which rationalism has created in asensibility that has remained is it that a monument whichconcentrates so much despair under anindifferent heaven does not disgust uswith life} It is because the artist hasmodelled his weeping figures with akind of caressing gentleness. A younggirl turns to kiss her hand in farewell,and the sadness of her fate is irradiated as it were by the incompara-ble grace of her gesture. The prestige of art takes the place of theabsent consolation. The tender sorrow of Christianity breathes fromthese figures of pagan beauty a
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