. Art in France. the crunch-ing of bones, and the growls of pleasurein this grim battle between the hungrypursuer and the weak fugitive. Barye swork is one of the finest discoveries ofmodern sculpture; it is marked by therare artistic quality of a perfect balancebetween technique and conception. AfterBarye, Cain, Dalou and Gardet set theirhaughty lions to guard the doors of pal-aces, and Fremiet was not unmindful ofthe sharp, abrupt silhouettes of his horse-men. Since Baryes appearance, thecurly, benevolent lions which used to smileat children in the public gardens, withone paw on a ball, have
. Art in France. the crunch-ing of bones, and the growls of pleasurein this grim battle between the hungrypursuer and the weak fugitive. Barye swork is one of the finest discoveries ofmodern sculpture; it is marked by therare artistic quality of a perfect balancebetween technique and conception. AfterBarye, Cain, Dalou and Gardet set theirhaughty lions to guard the doors of pal-aces, and Fremiet was not unmindful ofthe sharp, abrupt silhouettes of his horse-men. Since Baryes appearance, thecurly, benevolent lions which used to smileat children in the public gardens, withone paw on a ball, have made way forthe strange bulk of great wild beasts, andthe fury of their mortal Revolution shattered .the continuity of French traditionalart, monarchical and religious. It destroyed many effigies of saintsand kings, and violated many tombs; transformations so vital asthe adoption of Christianity, the Reformation, and the Revolutioncannot be brought about without some injury to the furniture of the. 77g. — CIFIX. (Church of Saint-Gcrvais. Paris.) ancient society by the new order,forms; they are haunted spite of the decrees of theConvention, the repression ofthe ancient regime was savagelyexercised upon everything it hadleft behind it. When this waveof fury had spent itself, attemptswere made to reconcile the mod-ern world with the remains ofthe past. There was an artistic,as well as a religious and mon-archical restoration. Mutilatedstatues, violated tombs andempty shrines became mere in-offensive relics, documents forthe historian, and treasures forthe amateur; museums received Works of art are not mere inert
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