The book History of Sculpture Painting And Architecture was written by author J S John Smythe Memes Here you can read free online of History of Sculpture Painting And Architecture book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is History of Sculpture Painting And Architecture a good or bad book?
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These monu- ments were torn from their resting places by the hand of violence ; they were viewed by a vain and mistaken peo- ple as the trophies of victory ; but they were never vene- rated with that enthusiastic yet humble devotion, with which the disciple regards the sources of knowledge. During a shorter period, how different have been the effects SCULPTURE. 115 of our own unsullied and bloodless collection. Since the public exposition of the Phidian Marbles, in particular, every department ...of taste has been improved, and every artist has been ready to exclaim, with the late venerable president, that till he saw these works, he was ignorant how much of his art he had yet to learn. Let the British sculptor, then, continue in the same principles as have heretofore guided his practice ; let him follow nature, and these the noblest remains of art in existence, and he must excel. Sculpture seems especially calculated to flourish amongst us. The grave and manly character of the art agrees with the tone of national genius, harmonizes with our free institutions, and may find in our history sources of the brightest inspiration.
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