artist-ideal

Updated: May 22, 2025

'Andrea del Sarto' is in its way the whole problem of the artist-ideal, the weak will and the inner failure, in all times and guises; and at the other end of the gamut, nobody will ever need again to set forth Bishop Blougram's attitude, or even that of Mr. Sludge the Medium.

- Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6