Ah! my friend, you should see my statue of Antinous." "In my judgment, the figure," said the Critic, "is tolerably good, though rather Etrurian, but the expression of the face is decidedly Tuscan, and therefore false to nature. By the way, have you read my work on 'The Fallaciousness of the Aspectual in Art'?"
The Critics
While bathing, Antinous was seen by Minerva, who
was so enamoured of his beauty that, all armed as she happened
to be, she descended from Olympus to woo him; but, unluckily displaying
her shield, with the head of Medusa on it, she had the unhappiness
to see the beautiful mortal turn to stone from catching a glimpse
of it. She straightway ascended to ask Jove to restore him; but
before this could be done a Sculptor and a Critic passed that
way and espied him. "This is a very bad Apollo," said the Sculptor:
"the chest is too narrow, and one arm is at least a half-inch
shorter than the other. The attitude is unnatural, and I may say
impossible.
