DOI chapter:
Chapter VIII Of Garden Sculpture and Ornament
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THE SPIRIT OF
can lack in this direction, the Society of
Beaux Arts Architects, in cooperation
with the National Sculpture Society,
has been at pains to install in New
York ateliers in which the ornament-
modeler, as distinct from the sculptor,
may seriously study his art. And
when an artist like Mr. McCartan de-
signs and models the exquisite orna-
ment seen upon his Barnett Prize
Fountain, a new hope is breathed into
the efforts of those who would improve
our American standards in artistic
craftsmanship, and break down the
stupid barrier between artist and arti-
san. Somewhere in the unknown lies
a vast continent of design-forms not
yet touched by any Columbus—a
wealth of fauna and flora not of the
Acropolis or the Roman Forum or the
Gothic cathedral, but akin to Greek
and Gothic in beauty and power; and
the world is waiting for these new
good things.
VIII
OF GARDEN SCULPTURE
THE SPIRIT OF
can lack in this direction, the Society of
Beaux Arts Architects, in cooperation
with the National Sculpture Society,
has been at pains to install in New
York ateliers in which the ornament-
modeler, as distinct from the sculptor,
may seriously study his art. And
when an artist like Mr. McCartan de-
signs and models the exquisite orna-
ment seen upon his Barnett Prize
Fountain, a new hope is breathed into
the efforts of those who would improve
our American standards in artistic
craftsmanship, and break down the
stupid barrier between artist and arti-
san. Somewhere in the unknown lies
a vast continent of design-forms not
yet touched by any Columbus—a
wealth of fauna and flora not of the
Acropolis or the Roman Forum or the
Gothic cathedral, but akin to Greek
and Gothic in beauty and power; and
the world is waiting for these new
good things.
VIII
OF GARDEN SCULPTURE