The corruption of the schools of high art, so far as this particular quality is concerned, consists in the sacrifice of truth to beauty. Great art dwells on all that is beautiful; but false art omits or changes all that is ugly. Great art accepts Nature... THE JOURNAL OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF LONDON. - Page 249by HUGH W. DIAMOND, M.D., F.S.A. - 1866Full view - About this book
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| 1889 - 1004 pages
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| 1889 - 1582 pages
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| John Ruskin - 1868 - 506 pages
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