Art in America; a critical and historical sketch . has concerned itself with parts rather thangeneral effect. Thus, while the rendering of details has sometimes beengiven with great fidelity, the spirit of the scene has eluded the artist, anda work which dazzles us at first, fails, therefore, to hold the imagination ofthe observer, and becomes flat and insipid on repeated inspection. Thereverse is the case with works of art of the first order. We also find in the art of this school weakness in a knowledge of—orat least in the power of appreciating — the vast significance of the linein art. Too
Art in America; a critical and historical sketch . has concerned itself with parts rather thangeneral effect. Thus, while the rendering of details has sometimes beengiven with great fidelity, the spirit of the scene has eluded the artist, anda work which dazzles us at first, fails, therefore, to hold the imagination ofthe observer, and becomes flat and insipid on repeated inspection. Thereverse is the case with works of art of the first order. We also find in the art of this school weakness in a knowledge of—orat least in the power of appreciating — the vast significance of the linein art. Too many American paintings, which have been clever in color,have been almost ruined by the palpable ignorance they display of theelements of drawing. Inability to compose effectively—or, in other words,to perceive the harmony which is the dominant idea of true art—has alsobeen too frequent a characteristic of this school. While in the application TO ART IX AMERICA. 8? Si1:33sB$ :? ?????? :_;. -r :.-???: .?????.
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