. A short history of art . L^Ai ,^ 3. O < Q is o HKB THE NATURALISTIC MOTIVE IN FRANCE 555 He asserted that it was ridiculous for a painter to portraya scene that he had not viewed with his own eyes; that theonly true scope of the painters art was that which hehad personally studied; that his peculiar and exclusiveprovince was the world of sight. Consequently, that topaint any subject of the past was an affectation; that, infact, the only real historical pictures were those which de-picted the events and circumstances of the artists own again was an argument of which Ruskin also ma
. A short history of art . L^Ai ,^ 3. O < Q is o HKB THE NATURALISTIC MOTIVE IN FRANCE 555 He asserted that it was ridiculous for a painter to portraya scene that he had not viewed with his own eyes; that theonly true scope of the painters art was that which hehad personally studied; that his peculiar and exclusiveprovince was the world of sight. Consequently, that topaint any subject of the past was an affectation; that, infact, the only real historical pictures were those which de-picted the events and circumstances of the artists own again was an argument of which Ruskin also mademuch. Further, since Raphael represented his religious,mythological, and allegorical subjects according to the prin-ciples of idealism prevalent in his day, that is to say, withthe notion of expressing the dignity of the subject by makingthe figures as noble and perfect in proportion as possible,and by arranging them in attitudes and groups perfectlybalanced and harmonious, and since the Academy advocateda similar improvement upon
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