Chapter I: Artist and Public 1

II. JEAN FRANÇOIS MILLET 44 III. THE ILLUSION OF PROGRESS 77 IV. RAPHAEL 99 V. TWO WAYS OF PAINTING 134 VI. THE AMERICAN SCHOOL 149 VII. AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS 169

ILLUSTRATIONS

MILLET: 1. "The Goose Girl," _Saulnier Collection, Bordeaux_ _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE 2. "The Sower," _Vanderbilt Collection, Metropolitan Museum, New York_ 46 3. "The Gleaners," _The Louvre_ 50 4. "The Spaders" 54 5. "The Potato Planter," _Shaw Collection_ 58 6. "The Grafter," _William Rockefeller Collection_ 62 7. "The New-Born Calf," _Art Institute, Chicago_ 66 8. "The First Steps," 70 9. "The Shepherdess," _Chauchard Collection, Louvre_ 72 10. "Spring," _The Louvre_ 74

RAPHAEL: 11. "Poetry," _The Vatican_ 112 12. "The Judgment of Solomon," _The Vatican_ 114 13. The "Disputa," _The Vatican_ 116 14. "The School of Athens," _The Vatican_ 118 15. "Parnassus," _The Vatican_ 120 16. "Jurisprudence," _The Vatican_ 122 17. "The Mass of Bolsena," _The Vatican_ 124 18. "The Deliverance of Peter," _The Vatican_ 126 19. "The Sibyls," _Santa Maria della Pace, Rome_ 128 20. "Portrait of Tommaso Inghirami," _Gardner Collection_ 130

JOHN S. SARGENT: 21. "The Hermit," _Metropolitan Museum, New York_ 136

TITIAN: 22. "Saint Jerome in the Desert," _Brera Gallery, Milan_ 142

SAINT-GAUDENS: 23. "Plaquette Commemorating Cornish Masque" 182 24. "Amor Caritas" 196 25. "The Butler Children" 206 26. "Sarah Redwood Lee" 208 27. "Farragut," _Madison Square, New York_ 212 28. "Lincoln," _Chicago, Ill._ 214 29. "Deacon Chapin," _Springfield, Mass._ 216 30. "Adams Memorial," _Washington, D.C._ 218 31. "Shaw Memorial," _Boston, Mass._ 220 32. "Sherman," _The Plaza, Central Park, New York_ 224

ARTIST AND PUBLIC