. Art in France. ART IN FRANCE. FlC;. 843.—MEISSONIER. 1814. (The Louvre, Paris.) (Pliolo. Lccadrc.) soiled the uniforms,and under the rainysky the sun just be-fore it sets throwssometimes a heroicpurple on the stand-ards. But there ismore of the fury ofbattle in Alphonsede Neuvilles pict-ures().History - paintingacquired a new sig-nificance in the workof Gusfave ideologue and mythologist, like those poets who have envelopedtheir philosophy in a garb of gorgeous myth. He combined Ingresand Delacroix somewhat in the manner of Chasseriau; like theParnassiens he strove to en
. Art in France. ART IN FRANCE. FlC;. 843.—MEISSONIER. 1814. (The Louvre, Paris.) (Pliolo. Lccadrc.) soiled the uniforms,and under the rainysky the sun just be-fore it sets throwssometimes a heroicpurple on the stand-ards. But there ismore of the fury ofbattle in Alphonsede Neuvilles pict-ures().History - paintingacquired a new sig-nificance in the workof Gusfave ideologue and mythologist, like those poets who have envelopedtheir philosophy in a garb of gorgeous myth. He combined Ingresand Delacroix somewhat in the manner of Chasseriau; like theParnassiens he strove to enshrine the imaginative ardour ofRomanticism in the chiselled forms of pure Classicism. He set hisivory figures studded with gems in strange landscapes; learned andartificial, chimercial and fascinating, his painting lays the debris ofancient civilisations before our eyes; goldsmiths work, mosaic, therarest materials of human industry, there is everything in this philo-sophical jewellery save the direct aspects of life. The ar
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