“Professor Sirén is a typical modern student, who has travelled much, and has first-hand knowledge of many arts. In his more purely historical essays he does not, in the pursuit of facts, lose sight of underlying principles. The essay ‘On the importance of the antique to Donatello’ is actually marred by a too careless treatment of material facts, and by a strange misconception of the character of Gothic art.”
+ − Sat R 130:97 Jl 31 ’19 1200w
“We welcome Professor Sirén’s collection of essays, for, although they contain nothing that is very fresh in point of view, they breathe a reasonable spirit, and state the modern position with moderation and sense.”
+ − Spec 124:620 My 8 ’20 520w
“With the subject of line-drawing and rhythm, he is especially happy.”
+ Springf’d Republican p8a D 5 ’20 360w
“He is not a lively writer, at least in our language; and his thought is so abstract that, dealing as it does with a subject so concrete and particular as art, it is often hard to follow. He is, by the present condition of aesthetic thought, forced to use a number of general terms without defining them; we ourselves have to supply the definition as we read, and we may supply it wrong; but those who are really interested in the subject will find his essay [Rhythm and form] worth reading.”
+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p211 Ap 1 ’20 1750w
SITWELL, OSBERT. Argonaut and juggernaut. *$1.50 Knopf 821
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