. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. hat even a thinker such as Rodin conceived mustweight of the animal on itslitter with the power ofstrong, well-seasonedmuscles. And the peasantwomen with their childrenon their arm, how lightlythey hold them and withhow little thought of effort!All this, of course, testifiesto the adequacy of hisdraughtsmanship, but italso testifies to the charac-ter of his vision and of hismind. He pities those wholabor in the sweat of theirbrow, but he admires theirbroad forms filling theirrough garments, he seeshow well they fit the lan
. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. hat even a thinker such as Rodin conceived mustweight of the animal on itslitter with the power ofstrong, well-seasonedmuscles. And the peasantwomen with their childrenon their arm, how lightlythey hold them and withhow little thought of effort!All this, of course, testifiesto the adequacy of hisdraughtsmanship, but italso testifies to the charac-ter of his vision and of hismind. He pities those wholabor in the sweat of theirbrow, but he admires theirbroad forms filling theirrough garments, he seeshow well they fit the land-scape, and with that classicbent upon which his criticscomment almost with oneaccord, he generalizes notonly the individual figuresinto large, nobler lines andforms, but also inevitablytheir tasks. It is the workof the world that they aredoing, and work is a goodand not an evil thing. Theytell us this in the splendorof their health and physi-cal force. Although heknew the distortions andsuffering ])roduccd l)y labormisa])i)licd under wrongconditions, he was not in-. Properlx oj the Mclropnlilan Museum of ArtCdllterine Wolfe Collection HOLY FAMILY B\ Permission BY N. DIM CXLIII The Scrip
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