International studio . of his work or of these illustrations,would turn away with the remark that thissort of thing may be very nice but thatit has so very often been done will say, perhaps, that it is reminis-cent rather than original or distinc-tive, but let us consider this objection. 0 If there is any absolute standard ofexcellence in a particular art, that standardwill presumably have been approached byevery great master of that art, each fromhis particular angle. His angle, his start-ing-point, what originality he has,will be more apparent in his earlier ex-perimental work th
International studio . of his work or of these illustrations,would turn away with the remark that thissort of thing may be very nice but thatit has so very often been done will say, perhaps, that it is reminis-cent rather than original or distinc-tive, but let us consider this objection. 0 If there is any absolute standard ofexcellence in a particular art, that standardwill presumably have been approached byevery great master of that art, each fromhis particular angle. His angle, his start-ing-point, what originality he has,will be more apparent in his earlier ex-perimental work than in his matureachievements ; unless, like so many greatartists, he has relied from the outset lesson his own originality than on the strengthof a really living tradition. In the morecommunal and so often anonymous artsof the past much of the finest work wascertainly produced in the strength of sucha tradition by men who either had novery striking originality or did not thinkit worth while to express it. And not only. 16 MURAL TABLET IN MARBLE, WITHENAMEL INLAY, FOR CHURCH,WARWICK. BY J. H. BONNOR
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