"In a country where feeling for art is not one of the national characteristics, it is particularly difficult to arrive at a common understanding of the term "art". There are many obstacles in the way, and some of them are imposed by the mere existence of such a body as the Royal Academy, for lacking any intuition in this matter of art, the majority of people turn to that institution for guidance, and naturally assume that any work receiving its blessing must be a work of art in the strict meaning of the word, and consequently the artistic quality of a painting is, in the popular estimation, measured in ratio to its degree of photographic realism."
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Manson, J.B. The Tate Gallery, p. 8, Thomas Nelson and Sons.
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James Bolivar Manson
James Bolivar Manson (26 June 1879 – 3 July 1945) was an artist and director of the Tate gallery, London.
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