Appreciation of sculpture; a handbook by Russell Sturgis ... . that way that livinggroups appeal to us; and here is an attemptto leave just as much of the situation unex-plained as in the case of the living , the spectators, wait also, but we shallnot see the figures move. Meantime we areleft with a satisfied sense of human beautyand human character well and nobly ex-pressed. One might easily ask for a morecomplete realization of the matter of costumein that an ampler dress be given to the man—something as adequate as the excellentlydevised dress of the woman. It seems likeshirking a d
Appreciation of sculpture; a handbook by Russell Sturgis ... . that way that livinggroups appeal to us; and here is an attemptto leave just as much of the situation unex-plained as in the case of the living , the spectators, wait also, but we shallnot see the figures move. Meantime we areleft with a satisfied sense of human beautyand human character well and nobly ex-pressed. One might easily ask for a morecomplete realization of the matter of costumein that an ampler dress be given to the man—something as adequate as the excellentlydevised dress of the woman. It seems likeshirking a difficulty to leave the torso, theshoulders and arms naked in a statue of themodern sort. The touching group by Camille Lefevreshown in Plate XLVI is an example ofpathos, of patient suffering carried as far asthe artist has a right to go—as far as thespectator can be expected to follow dress here is that of the Paris street inwinter. Child and mother alike are pro-tected from the cold by such rough gar-ments as their poor fortunes allow. The[164]. Plate —STATUK or (;roui, dans la ruk; by Recent Art, Part II, Sentiment ^voman is trying to sell fruit from a poorlittle basket in which we think is investedall her capital. Exposure, anxiety—notstarvation exactly, but short commons often—prevailing, and the presence of frequentand bitter tears have modified the motherscountenance, and the expression of that newface as of one created expressly for herchanged condition, is contrasted with theentirely tranquil and merely pensive face ofthe child. The figure is admirable in itspose, as would be visible if we could com-pare several views of it; and the great ques-tion for the student to consider is, probably,whether the art of the sculptor should beforced so far out of its path into the way ofthe painter, which may be the delineationof human sorrow and joy ; or, indeed, intothe way of the poet using the language ofwords, to whom such sentiment is
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