DOI issue:
No. 324 (March 1920)
DOI article:Green, A. Romney: John Houghton Bonnor: An appreciation
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21360#0025
JOHN HOUGHTON BONNOR : AN'APPRECIATION
WROUGHT IRON GATE WITH BRASS
ENRICHMENTS. BY J. H. BONNOR
these lesser arts but the works even of
great individual artists at their greatest
do seem to converge upon an absolute
standard. The mannerisms of a Milton or
a Meredith may be characteristic and
loveable ; but these mannerisms disappear,
the distinctions between Milton and Shake-
speare quite disappear, the distinctions
between mediaeval and classic or mediaeval
and Renaissance, the distinctions even
between East and West, will almost dis-
appear, when we behold the highest
flights of either. a a a a
Though it may be, therefore, only
because he is a clever copyist, it may be,
on the other hand, because he is a great
artist approximating to the absolute stand-
ard of excellence by a traditional route that
a man's work appears to be reminiscent on
a first inspection. And whilst the least
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WROUGHT IRON GATE WITH BRASS
ENRICHMENTS. BY J. H. BONNOR
these lesser arts but the works even of
great individual artists at their greatest
do seem to converge upon an absolute
standard. The mannerisms of a Milton or
a Meredith may be characteristic and
loveable ; but these mannerisms disappear,
the distinctions between Milton and Shake-
speare quite disappear, the distinctions
between mediaeval and classic or mediaeval
and Renaissance, the distinctions even
between East and West, will almost dis-
appear, when we behold the highest
flights of either. a a a a
Though it may be, therefore, only
because he is a clever copyist, it may be,
on the other hand, because he is a great
artist approximating to the absolute stand-
ard of excellence by a traditional route that
a man's work appears to be reminiscent on
a first inspection. And whilst the least
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