. Art life of William Rimmer, sculptor, painter, and physician / Truman Bartlett. . g a large share of it to Dr. Rimmer, it shows that he already occupies a high positionin the art. This work is incidentally valuable as showing what can be done with granite,which, if we are to have out-of-door sculpture, is our only fit material. I understand it wasused by Dr. Rimmer, rather to test the capacity of the stone, and that he does not consider itso suitable as marble for ordinary subjects, though he thinks it eminently proper for a statuemeant to stand in the open air, and of size sufficient to ove
. Art life of William Rimmer, sculptor, painter, and physician / Truman Bartlett. . g a large share of it to Dr. Rimmer, it shows that he already occupies a high positionin the art. This work is incidentally valuable as showing what can be done with granite,which, if we are to have out-of-door sculpture, is our only fit material. I understand it wasused by Dr. Rimmer, rather to test the capacity of the stone, and that he does not consider itso suitable as marble for ordinary subjects, though he thinks it eminently proper for a statuemeant to stand in the open air, and of size sufficient to overpower the obtrusiveness of thegrain, — the very quality of the opacity that spoils it for close view giving it greater distinct-ness and depth to the shadows. C. The St. Stephen is the most complete work of sculpture that its author exe-cuted. In respect to the material, it was the most difficult in its execution: it isthoroughly well constructed, well understood, and executed with an accomplishedsense of expressions^ effect. Its detailed forms, the arrangement of its
Size: 2020px × 1237px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookidartwilliam00, bookyear1882
