Word: sapient
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...February number of the Monthly the principal article, at least in point of length, is the "Notes on Drawings by J. M. W. Turner in Cambridge and Boston." The notes, considerably after the manner of Ruskin, are as instructive as they are meant to be. An aggressively sapient piece of work, the article may interest those who are interested in Turner, if they are willing to forgive a patronizing tone for the sake of being informed. The dogmatic manner in art criticism, justified in Ruskin's case by his authoritative position, may in this article repel those who prefer...