. Art in France. .. 017 — (riio , Paris.) 440 NATURALISM aside the affected subtleties of the style,and his impetuous vigour occasionallybetrayed him into vulgarity. He hadsomething of Rudes afflatus; butsince Rude, marble had borrowed thewarmth and softness of flesh, andDalous modelling no longer shows themuscular system of antique heroes withits clearly defined planes, but the swell-ing outline and agitated contours ofRubens figures. Dalou was further oneof the artists who did most to winplastic ex-. FIG. pi8.— OF V. HCGO. (Photo. Giraudon.) 1
. Art in France. .. 017 — (riio , Paris.) 440 NATURALISM aside the affected subtleties of the style,and his impetuous vigour occasionallybetrayed him into vulgarity. He hadsomething of Rudes afflatus; butsince Rude, marble had borrowed thewarmth and softness of flesh, andDalous modelling no longer shows themuscular system of antique heroes withits clearly defined planes, but the swell-ing outline and agitated contours ofRubens figures. Dalou was further oneof the artists who did most to winplastic ex-. FIG. pi8.— OF V. HCGO. (Photo. Giraudon.) 1 I ; FIG. pig.— discoveredin his turn that there is nothing morelogical, better balanced and conse-quendv more harmonious than a navv\wielding his pick or a blacksmith atthe forge. Dalou was one of thosewho taught young sculptors the ex-pressive beauty of a body strainingevery nerve in some useful artists such as Henry Bouchardand Roger Bloche show every dayhow much vigour and emotional charm 441 pression frommodern costume. He never finished themonument to workmen which he con-templated; but his numerous preparationsfor it were not in vain. Since the Renaissance, sculptors hadseen in the human body a magnificent butuseless machine; the ideal divinities takeelegant attitudes ; they sometimes make useof passionate gestures to show theirstrength or flexibility; but they never makeany effort with an instrument or a showed how moving and majesticthe gesture of the sower, the re
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