PAGE PREFACE 5 CHAPTER I REALISM IN ART 25 CHAPTER II TO THE ARTIST ALL IN NATURE IS BEAUTIFUL 37 CHAPTER III MODELLING 53 CHAPTER IV MOVEMENT IN ART 65 CHAPTER V DRAWING AND COLOR 93 CHAPTER VI THE BEAUTY OF WOMEN 111 CHAPTER VII OF YESTERDAY AND OF TO-DAY 121 CHAPTER VIII THOUGHT IN ART 151 CHAPTER IX MYSTERY IN ART 175 CHAPTER X PHIDIAS AND MICHAEL ANGELO 191 CHAPTER XI AT THE LOUVRE 211 CHAPTER XII ON THE USEFULNESS OF THE ARTIST 227 TRANSLATIONS 249 INDEX 255 ILLUSTRATIONS ETERNAL SPRING. By Rodin _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE AUGUSTE RODIN. From a photograph by Edouard J. Steichen, 1907 5 THE FLIGHT OF LOVE. By Rodin 6 AUGUSTE RODIN. From a drawing by William Rothenstein 8 THE CREATION OF MAN, OR ADAM. By Rodin 10 EVE. By Rodin 12 EVE. By Rodin 14 PLASTER CASTS OF THE GATE OF HELL. By Rodin 26 STUDY FOR A FIGURE. By Rodin 28 STUDY FOR A HAND. By Rodin 28 STUDY. By Rodin 30 STUDY. By Rodin 30 INVOCATION. By Rodin 32 STUDY. By Rodin 34 STUDY. By Rodin 34