This
study drawing by
Kenyon Cox shows the allegorical figure of
Romance nude, bending her head to read a book on her lap. Romance is one figure in a painting, The Arts, in the north-end
lunette of the Southwest Gallery in the
Library of Congress' Jefferson Building. Cox was an advocate of figurative art—art that is clearly sourced from real objects—and is therefore by definition
representational rather than
abstract art.Restoration:
Lise Broer
This
study drawing by
Kenyon Cox shows the allegorical figure of
Romance nude, bending her head to read a book on her lap. Romance is one figure in a painting, The Arts, in the north-end
lunette of the Southwest Gallery in the
Library of Congress' Jefferson Building. Cox was an advocate of figurative art—art that is clearly sourced from real objects—and is therefore by definition
representational rather than
abstract art.Restoration:
Lise Broer