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In the new Pantechnicon is exhibited the modern art of Germany. This appeared to me to be exceedingly poor stuff. It seemed to belong to the illustrated Christmas number school of art. It was good, sound, respectable work enough. IN THE NEW PANTECHNICON IS EXHIBITED THE MODERN ART OF GERMANY THIS APPEARED TO ME TO BE EXCEEDINGLY POOR STUFF IT SEEMED TO BELONG TO THE ILLUSTRATED CHRISTMAS NUMBER SCHOOL OF ART IT WAS GOOD SOUND RESPECTABLE WORK ENOUGH
from the joint with bread and vegetables? Look at that 'View in a ham-and-beef shop,' No. 7063, size sixty feet by forty. It must have taken the artist a couple of years to paint. Who did he expect was going to buy it? And that Christmas-hamper scene over in the corner; was it painted, do you think, by some poor, half-starved devil, who thought he would have something to eat in the house, if it were only a picture of it?" B. said he thought that the explanation was that the ancient patrons of art were gentry with a very strong idea of the fitness of things. For "their churches and cathedrals," said B., "they had painted all those virgins and martyrs and over-fed angels that you see everywhere about Europe. For their bedrooms, they ordered those--well, those bedroom sort of pictures, that you may have noticed here and there; and then I expect they used these victual-and-drink-scapes for their banqueting halls. It must have been like a gin-and-bitters to them, the sight of all that food. NTATIONS OF A CUT FROM THE JOINT WITH BREAD AND VEGETABLES LOOK AT THAT VIEW IN A HAM AND BEEF SHOP NUMBER SEVEN O SIX THREE SIZED SIXTY FEET BY FORTY IT MUST HAVE TAKEN THE ARTIST A COUPLE OF YEARS TO PAINT WHO DID HE EXPECT WAS GOING TO BUY IT AND THAT CHRISTMAS HAMPER SCENE OVER IN THE CORNER WAS IT PAINTED DO YOU THINK BY SOME POOR HALF STARVED DEVIL WHO THOUGHT HE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT IN THE HOUSE IF IT WERE ONLY A PICTURE OF IT B SAID HE THOUGHT THAT THE EXPLANATION WAS THAT THE ANCIENT PATRONS OF ART WERE GENTRY WITH A VERY STRONG IDEA OF THE FITNESS OF THINGS FOR THEIR CHURCHES AND CATHEDRALS SAID B THEY HAD PAINTED ALL THOSE VIRGINS AND MARTYRS AND OVERFED ANGELS THAT YOU SEE EVERYWHERE ABOUT EUROPE FOR THEIR BEDROOMS THEY ORDERED THOSE WELL THOSE BEDROOM SORT OF PICTURES THAT YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED HERE AND THERE AND THEN I EXPECT THEY USED THESE BITTERLAND DRINK SCAPES FOR THEIR BANQUETING HALLS IT MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE A GIN AND BITTERS TO THEM THE SIGHT OF ALL THAT FOOD
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