. Art in France. ART IN FRANCE. 714.—in(;res. MMi;. uevau^ay. (Conde Museum, Chantilly.) {Photo. Nciirdrin.) was very sensible of the charm ofthe primitive schools, when art,absorbed in the desire for truth,had no idea of effacing the cha--acteristic accent. This admirabledraughtsman made it a rule tocopy the human body and actualdraperies; in his purest contours,the line preserves the nervous forceof life. The art of David de-personalises figures; that of Ingresstrips them of their material char-acter, but not of their individu-alitv. His CEdipus, a contempo-rary of the heroes of Guerin
. Art in France. ART IN FRANCE. 714.—in(;res. MMi;. uevau^ay. (Conde Museum, Chantilly.) {Photo. Nciirdrin.) was very sensible of the charm ofthe primitive schools, when art,absorbed in the desire for truth,had no idea of effacing the cha--acteristic accent. This admirabledraughtsman made it a rule tocopy the human body and actualdraperies; in his purest contours,the line preserves the nervous forceof life. The art of David de-personalises figures; that of Ingresstrips them of their material char-acter, but not of their individu-alitv. His CEdipus, a contempo-rary of the heroes of Guerin andGirodet, has neither the Grecianprofile nor the rounded limbs ofan antique marble. Ingres felthimself more akin to the Italianprimitives than to the Graeco-Roman sculptors, and many personswere wondering at his realism, when Delacroix made his appear-ance. Then Ingres felt himself called upon to be the apostle ofthe beautiful, in opposition to him whom he called the apostle ofthe uglv. Never were two temperaments more anta
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