Studio: international art (79.1920)

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tary grandeur is aptly symbolised in the
relief The Hermit of the Atlantic. The
monument to Canadian soldiers of Ice-
landic descent who fell in the great war is
interesting both as an example of the
sculptor's individuality of conception and
as a reminder that his native land, though
neutral, indirectly shared in the struggle.

R. N.

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Outlines of Chinese Art. By John Cal-
vin Ferguson. (Chicago: University

Press.) $3 net.—This volume contains
a reprint of six lectures delivered by
the author at the Art Institute of Chicago
in 1918 and treating of Chinese art products
under the chief categories recognised by
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MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF
CANADIAN SOLDIERS OF ICELANDIC
DESCENT. BY EINAR JONSSON

native authorities : chin shih—work in

metals, stone, or ceramics ; and shu hua—
calligraphy and painting. Mr. Ferguson
has enjoyed unusual opportunities of study-
ing Chinese art at first hand, and this fact
gives weight to the interpretation which he
here sets forth as the result of his extensive
studies. In his introductory lecture he
points out that in China art is the expres-
sion of culture : ** There has been no
thought of making manual dexterity the
central principle," and he shows how
closely associated artistic production has
been with those ceremonial observances
which have ever been the foundation and
framework of Chinese culture. It is in-
teresting to note the great esteem, and even
veneration, in which jade, classed with
bronze among the chin shih, has always been