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, which were summaries intended for a general audience, focused on prominent figures in 17th and 18th-century European painting and sculpture, and when considering art from the late 19th century, lauded the work of artists like Abbott Thayer and George de Forest Brush, who came to embody everything Modernism would reject.