The Art Journal 1879 Vol 18 Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Art Journal, 1879, Vol. 18 (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-02-04 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Art Journal, 1879, Vol. 18 Foreign statues are wonderfully successful, and, though often extravagant, always atone for excess by spirit. The French provincial towns are full of dashing performances. The one of Jean Bart at Dieppe is pleasant to look at, from its costume and fiery attitude. The visitor knows that he is in the presence of a personage of a romantic sort. \ve might wish that a French sculptor would favour us in London with a specimen or two by way of example; not, however, that we should have an English celebrity dressed and treated as a Frenchman, which would be out of place. In many statues it may be noted that one foot is made to project a little over the ledge representing the ground, with the effect of a certain lightness and freedom, though its meaning is rather dimcuAbout the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.