International studio . represents a girl belonging to no particu-lar racial type. She is possessed of the char-acteristics of many races. This work resem-bles a composite photograph in having sug-gestions of many ditiferent persons. Such isan American indeed! The typical American,if there ever comes to be such, will be madeup out of the admixture of many foreign ele-ments. One may thus detect Celtic, Teu-tonic, Sclavonic and Roman features inthis remarkable ensemble and yet so cleverlyblended as to give to the work what is per-haps the nearest approach to an Americantype hitherto created. The
International studio . represents a girl belonging to no particu-lar racial type. She is possessed of the char-acteristics of many races. This work resem-bles a composite photograph in having sug-gestions of many ditiferent persons. Such isan American indeed! The typical American,if there ever comes to be such, will be madeup out of the admixture of many foreign ele-ments. One may thus detect Celtic, Teu-tonic, Sclavonic and Roman features inthis remarkable ensemble and yet so cleverlyblended as to give to the work what is per-haps the nearest approach to an Americantype hitherto created. The nose is slightlyretrousse indicating the teachable character ofour people. The neck and throat are beauti-fully modelled. The whole work is possessedof regal grace which makes the American girlwell bred even when bred in the homely en-vironment of our western world,—a lovableyet queenly creature fitted to adapt herselfequally well to the simple duties of domesticlife or to the more exacting demands of apublic THE AMERICAN GIRLBY ALBERT P. LUCAS The Sculptural Art of Albert P. Lucas
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License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury180, booksubjectart, booksubjectdecorationandornament
