"ROGER FRY UNDERSTOOD, AS A MODERNIST, THAT THE LIGATURE BETWEEN BEAUTY AND MIMETIC REPRESENTATION HAD BEEN IRREVESIBLY LOOSEND IN HIS TIME. HE KNEW THAT ONE COULD NOT ARGUE THE HOSTILE REVIEWERS OF HIS EXHIBITION INTO AGREEING THAT CÉZANNE OR PICASSO SHOW THE WORLD AS WE REALLY SEE IT-THOUGH THERE WERE CERTAINLY THEORISTS PREPARED TO ARGUE THAT THEY HAD..."
