# Original Letters and Biographic Epitomes

Author: Slater, J. Atwood

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13203

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Original+Letters+and+Biographic+Epitomes+Slater&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Sir,--First impressions forced upon me by an inspection of the picture, "Ecce Homo," by Mons. de Munkacsy, would be succinctly expressed in few words. It is haply, although not highly, inspired. It constitutes a work of laborious but of average ability, and descends to a lower technical state of imaginative eclecticism and expression than I had indeed expected to encounter in so lavishly-applauded a work. Let it be granted in the first instance that the theme is an onerous one; the problem afforded by the venture should have been met in a manner skilful in art, commensurate with its righteous obligations and its lofty demands by the artist. The one fine attribute conspicuously lacking in...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/original-letters-and-biographic-epitomes-13203/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/original-letters-and-biographic-epitomes-13203/chapters/2/index.md)