Wonders of Sculpture
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His por- trait bust of his child procured him *an introduc- tion to Trumbull, then president of the academy, who graciously informed him that " nothing in sculpture would be wanted in this country for a hundred years. " No wonder that Frazee ex- claimed, " Is such a man fit for a president of an academy of fine arts ! " There is no excuse for Trumbull, who was himself an artist, but it is worth remembering that about the same time (18 18) a much greater and a clearer-headed man, John Adams, wro...te to Binon, a French sculptor, who applied to him for permission to take his portrait in marble : " The age of sculpture and painting has not yet arrived in this country, and I hope it will be long before it does so. I would not give a sixpence for a picture by Raphael, or a statue by Phidias. " These were the old man's words, but his acts were different. He invited Binon hospit- ably to Quincy, sat to him for his bust, and showed AMERICAN SCULPTURE. 345 real kindness by consenting at his advanced age, to have a mould taken of his face in plaster — a most disagreeable experience.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
His por- trait bust of his child procured him *an introduc- tion to Trumbull, then president of the academy, who graciously informed him that " nothing in sculpture would be wanted in this country for a hundred years. " No wonder that Frazee ex- claimed, " Is such a man fit for a president of an academy of fine arts ! " There is no excuse for Trumbull, who was himself an artist, but it is worth remembering that about the same time (18 18) a much greater and a clearer-headed man, John Adams, wro...te to Binon, a French sculptor, who applied to him for permission to take his portrait in marble : " The age of sculpture and painting has not yet arrived in this country, and I hope it will be long before it does so. I would not give a sixpence for a picture by Raphael, or a statue by Phidias. " These were the old man's words, but his acts were different. He invited Binon hospit- ably to Quincy, sat to him for his bust, and showed AMERICAN SCULPTURE. 345 real kindness by consenting at his advanced age, to have a mould taken of his face in plaster — a most disagreeable experience.
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