His many articles and books, which were surveys intended for a general audience, focused on the major names in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century European painting and sculpture, and when considering art from the late nineteenth century, praised the work of artists like Abbott Thayer and George de Forest Brush, who came to epitomize everything Modernism would reject.
His numerous articles and books, intended for a general audience, focused on prominent figures in 17th and 18th-century European art, and when discussing art from the late 19th century, praised artists like Abbott Thayer and George de Forest Brush, who became symbolic of Modernism's rejection.