DOI Heft:
No. 53 (July, 1901)
DOI Artikel:Reviews of new books and new editions
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.22775#0108
Reviews of Books
WASHINGTON STATUE” — PAN-AMERTCAN EXPOSITION
BY DANIEL C. FRENCH
may be garnered from the regulation biographical
dictionaries, but such critical estimates as may be
of value towards a competent and rational appre-
ciation of their works.
Of the volumes so far issued, that on Altdorfer,
by Mr. T. Sturge Moore, is incomparably the most
thought inspiring. Mr. Holmes, an enthusiast on
the art of Japan, claims for his hero a very exalted
position indeed among the workers in art of the
world. It may be that not many will go with Mr.
Holmes all the way he travels; but his enthusiasm
has enabled him to gather a large amount of infor-
mation, and his devotion has urged him to a pres-
entation of this in readable and inviting form.
Mr. Fry has done the same for Bellini, though with
more of restraint and moderation in his critical
estimate of that master’s work. Mr. Rothenstein
is an able artist in a particular medium himself, but
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WASHINGTON STATUE” — PAN-AMERTCAN EXPOSITION
BY DANIEL C. FRENCH
may be garnered from the regulation biographical
dictionaries, but such critical estimates as may be
of value towards a competent and rational appre-
ciation of their works.
Of the volumes so far issued, that on Altdorfer,
by Mr. T. Sturge Moore, is incomparably the most
thought inspiring. Mr. Holmes, an enthusiast on
the art of Japan, claims for his hero a very exalted
position indeed among the workers in art of the
world. It may be that not many will go with Mr.
Holmes all the way he travels; but his enthusiasm
has enabled him to gather a large amount of infor-
mation, and his devotion has urged him to a pres-
entation of this in readable and inviting form.
Mr. Fry has done the same for Bellini, though with
more of restraint and moderation in his critical
estimate of that master’s work. Mr. Rothenstein
is an able artist in a particular medium himself, but
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