The Pathos of Distance; a book of a Thousand And One Moments
The Pathos of Distance; a book of a Thousand And One Moments
Huneker James
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He has the apocalyptic strain in him and many of his canvases are darkened by symbols. But beauty is always present, else its fragrance hinted at. Those fragile, mysterious women, haunted by visions of the great god Dionysos, or perhaps Pan, where do they come from, where are they going? One can ask of Davies as did the Centaur of another: "The jealous gods have buried somewhere proofs of the origins of all things, but upon the shores of 123 CERTAIN AMERICAN PAINTERS what ocean have they rolled... the stone that hides them, O Macareus?" Upon the crust of what planet have you seen your picture visions, O Arthur Davies? 124 VI MATISSE, PICASSO, AND OTHERS After a performance of Tristan und Isolde, March, 1876, at Berlin, the well-known music- critic Louis Ehlert registers the remarks of two friends who sat on either side of him. The younger man exclaimed: "The world holds no pleasure after this"; the elder whispered: "A few more evenings like this and my strength will sink into the grave." These widely diverging views of two opposed temperaments, not to con- sider as a factor the different ages, might serve as a classic example of the attitudes invariably struck in the presence of a new work of art.
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