Appreciation of sculpture; a handbook by Russell Sturgis ... . the lordly being thatwe think of as we study his art; but aslender, not lusty, not triumphant lookingman at all, small rather than large, withdisfigured face and with but little charm ofpersonality. The treatment of him as astone mason with leather apron and all thesigns of vigorous manual labor, is only asuggestion of that tradition of the greatsculptor, the well known story of thehandling of the marble himself with strongand regular hammer blows taking offgreat pieces so that danger seemed tothreaten the outlines of the sculpture
Appreciation of sculpture; a handbook by Russell Sturgis ... . the lordly being thatwe think of as we study his art; but aslender, not lusty, not triumphant lookingman at all, small rather than large, withdisfigured face and with but little charm ofpersonality. The treatment of him as astone mason with leather apron and all thesigns of vigorous manual labor, is only asuggestion of that tradition of the greatsculptor, the well known story of thehandling of the marble himself with strongand regular hammer blows taking offgreat pieces so that danger seemed tothreaten the outlines of the conditions of such sculpture are in-deed of the most interesting possible. Theyconnect in a curious way the study of thebeautiful form, interesting form, suggestiveform taken by itself, with our historicalrecollections and our personal sympathizes with the rich man whopaid Rude for an ideal statue of NapoleonBonaparte ; with the builders of the Oxfordmuseum and their life-size portrait statuesof Bacon, Leibnitz and Newton ; with the[154]. Plate XLI.— to the admiral GASPARD DE COLIGNY; 15Y CRAUK:DECORATING THE APSE OF THE ORATOIRE, AT PARIS, \
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