DOI Heft:
No. 89 (Aug. 1900)
DOI Artikel:The decorations of the peninsular and oriental pavilion at the Paris exhibition
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19785#0180
The Peninsular and Oriental Pavilion
' THE CURRENTS "
trast effectively with the severe architectural lines arrive at a good idea of the completeness of his
by which they are surrounded. In the treatment control over details of expression,
of them the artist has allowed himself more realism In the modelled work carried out by Mr Jenkins
than in the dome. He has aimed in this instance there is, of course, much more reserve of manner
rather at the representation of dainty feminine and a more obvious architectural character. The
types than at the creation of ideal abstractions, and licence allowed to the painter is necessarily denied
he has carried out his aim freshly and with a good to the sculptor, who works under more restricted
deal of fanciful lightness. At the same time he has conditions and in obedience to more exact rules,
not become trivial, nor has he passed the border Such redundancy of line as Mr. Moira has been
between elegance and prettiness; he has only substi- justified in using in his coloured designs would
tuted for severity of manner a gaiety of view and an have seemed quite inappropriate in the panels that
easy unconvention of technical method. To compare are such prominent features in the exterior of the
these two phases of his practice is to realise some- building. Mr. Jenkins, with good judgment, has
thing of his versatility and adaptability, and to kept within well-marked limitations. He has not,
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' THE CURRENTS "
trast effectively with the severe architectural lines arrive at a good idea of the completeness of his
by which they are surrounded. In the treatment control over details of expression,
of them the artist has allowed himself more realism In the modelled work carried out by Mr Jenkins
than in the dome. He has aimed in this instance there is, of course, much more reserve of manner
rather at the representation of dainty feminine and a more obvious architectural character. The
types than at the creation of ideal abstractions, and licence allowed to the painter is necessarily denied
he has carried out his aim freshly and with a good to the sculptor, who works under more restricted
deal of fanciful lightness. At the same time he has conditions and in obedience to more exact rules,
not become trivial, nor has he passed the border Such redundancy of line as Mr. Moira has been
between elegance and prettiness; he has only substi- justified in using in his coloured designs would
tuted for severity of manner a gaiety of view and an have seemed quite inappropriate in the panels that
easy unconvention of technical method. To compare are such prominent features in the exterior of the
these two phases of his practice is to realise some- building. Mr. Jenkins, with good judgment, has
thing of his versatility and adaptability, and to kept within well-marked limitations. He has not,
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