International studio . THE KISS BY ROBERT P. BAKER. BELGIUM BY ROBERT P. BAKER /;/ a Boston Studio start them upon the journey of metaphysicalreflection. Each one will judge the subjectmatter according to his deserts, and his desertsare commensurate with his ability to feel and to think. There is no key to this writhing concep-tion contained in the nude figures in their upwardstruggle. Some may regard the idea as pessimis-tic, pointing to the lonely outstretched hand atthe top of the composition, declaiming on itsemptiness and asserting that the artist wouldconvey to us that, after conquering
International studio . THE KISS BY ROBERT P. BAKER. BELGIUM BY ROBERT P. BAKER /;/ a Boston Studio start them upon the journey of metaphysicalreflection. Each one will judge the subjectmatter according to his deserts, and his desertsare commensurate with his ability to feel and to think. There is no key to this writhing concep-tion contained in the nude figures in their upwardstruggle. Some may regard the idea as pessimis-tic, pointing to the lonely outstretched hand atthe top of the composition, declaiming on itsemptiness and asserting that the artist wouldconvey to us that, after conquering the beast andrising to the highest planes permissible to mereman, there is no guerdon beyond a worthlessbenediction. This material explanation may,however, yield to the opinion that the open handis symbolic of the giver, and that infinite rewardawaits the soul in its final victory when earthlies far remote and the empyrean within easyreach. However, there is no need to label thisremarkable enterprise in sculpture. There was adeep philosophy at the
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