. Art thoughts : the experiences and observations of an American amateur in Europe. Pseudo-clas-sical work. CHAPTER XL FRENCH SCULPTURE AND ARCHITECTURE. RENCH sculpture demands but brief notice. Be-side painting it makes but an indifferent figure,though much the same in spirit. The earlierRenaissant sepulchral monuments retain somethingof mediasval decorum of composition and sincerity of purpose,while the sixteenth century sculpture, more Italian thanFrench, is chiefly illustrated by Cellinis huge * Nymph, unat-tractive in pose and inelegant in outline. As the sculpture be-came more national,
. Art thoughts : the experiences and observations of an American amateur in Europe. Pseudo-clas-sical work. CHAPTER XL FRENCH SCULPTURE AND ARCHITECTURE. RENCH sculpture demands but brief notice. Be-side painting it makes but an indifferent figure,though much the same in spirit. The earlierRenaissant sepulchral monuments retain somethingof mediasval decorum of composition and sincerity of purpose,while the sixteenth century sculpture, more Italian thanFrench, is chiefly illustrated by Cellinis huge * Nymph, unat-tractive in pose and inelegant in outline. As the sculpture be-came more national, it degenerated from this standard. Goujons Diana, is largely done, but looks like a fine lady of the timeplaying the chaste goddess. In nothing is there evidence oftrue beauty: instead, an amorous desire of the pretty-sen-sual. From this time there is a succession of weak,pseudo-classical work of the dainty-pretty order,clinging to antique motives or travestying Christian notions andpersonages into pagan garbs, as affected in sentiment as meretri-cious in execution. Incapacity
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