Wonders of sculpture . is;»;,;.„ 1 Fig. 61.—The Marseillaise, by F. Rude. absence of Pierre Jean David, called David ofAngers (1789—1856). The author of the pedimentof the Pantheon, of the monument Aux grands 334 FRENCH SCULPTUME honimcs la Patrie Recoiinaissante, of the statue ofPhilopccmcn in the Tuileries, of Condi at Versailles,of Corneille at Rouen, of La Fayette at Washington,o{ Armand Carrel ^i St. Mande, where the famouspolitical writer was killed, and of the busts ormedallions of all the contemporary celebrities,ought to occupy a distinguished place in theMuseum of Franc
Wonders of sculpture . is;»;,;.„ 1 Fig. 61.—The Marseillaise, by F. Rude. absence of Pierre Jean David, called David ofAngers (1789—1856). The author of the pedimentof the Pantheon, of the monument Aux grands 334 FRENCH SCULPTUME honimcs la Patrie Recoiinaissante, of the statue ofPhilopccmcn in the Tuileries, of Condi at Versailles,of Corneille at Rouen, of La Fayette at Washington,o{ Armand Carrel ^i St. Mande, where the famouspolitical writer was killed, and of the busts ormedallions of all the contemporary celebrities,ought to occupy a distinguished place in theMuseum of France, especially when we remember. e-JfttfiaytXi ? t^TOV^ ^ /tf. Fig. 62.—Pediment of the Pantheon, by David. that, like Puget and Poussin, he combined greattalent with a noble mind and an independentspirit, and, like his illustrious predecessors, he hasleft an example of a stainless life from birth todeath. To carry our account of French sculpture downto the present time we have only to add thatMM. Guillaume, Perraud, Carpeaux, Crauk, Fal-guiere, Gumery, Aime Millet, Thomas, Paul FRENCH SCULPTURE. 335 Dubois, &c., who obtained the highest distinctionsat the Universal Exhibition of 1867, have main-tained their art on a level with that of Frenchpainting, namely, in the first rank amongst allnations. AMERICAN SCULPTURE. In the early days of our American history, al-though the art of Painting excited a considerabledegree of enthusiasm, there was no correspondinginterest in the sister art of Sculpture. This is,perhaps, the more worthy of notice, because theearly men were not indifferent to architecture,and the styl
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