DOI chapter:
Preface
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THE SPIRIT OF
with the exquisite group of Gallaudet
and the little deaf-mute; in the early
’nineties he showed his Milmore Me-
morial, (the Angel of Death and the
Sculptor) a work of extraordinary ap-
peal to both artists and laymen.
While these men were creating sculp-
ture to be proud of, younger men
were conning with all their might the
vigorous lessons proffered in the
French schools, or on French soil, by
Falguiere, Mercie, Dubois, Chapu,
Saint-Marceaux, Rodin,—a mighty
host. At the Columbian Exposition,
our country had abundant good work
to show in sculpture from the hands of
returning youth. Between 1876 and
1893 were packed most of the essential
lessons our sculpture has learned,
either at home or abroad. No subse-
quent exposition has disclosed so great
an advance as that noted in 1893.
There has indeed been a further de-
velopment of basic principles, as well
PREFACE
THE SPIRIT OF
with the exquisite group of Gallaudet
and the little deaf-mute; in the early
’nineties he showed his Milmore Me-
morial, (the Angel of Death and the
Sculptor) a work of extraordinary ap-
peal to both artists and laymen.
While these men were creating sculp-
ture to be proud of, younger men
were conning with all their might the
vigorous lessons proffered in the
French schools, or on French soil, by
Falguiere, Mercie, Dubois, Chapu,
Saint-Marceaux, Rodin,—a mighty
host. At the Columbian Exposition,
our country had abundant good work
to show in sculpture from the hands of
returning youth. Between 1876 and
1893 were packed most of the essential
lessons our sculpture has learned,
either at home or abroad. No subse-
quent exposition has disclosed so great
an advance as that noted in 1893.
There has indeed been a further de-
velopment of basic principles, as well
PREFACE