. Art in France. He reproduced their pictu-resque aspects without poetry, with-Tiber that majesty which ennoblesWhen he came to Paris, the out giving the banks of thePoussins compositions (Fig. 585)public demanded storms, shipwrecks, and night effects from himHe was the first purveyor of Romanti-cism, which thenceforth proved aneager consumer of tempests and moon-light scenes. In spite of his sincererespect for truth, he reduced all thesevaried aspects to the conventional ef-fects which were within the limitedcompass of the artists of his day, whosecolour, though it was capable ofrendering the
. Art in France. He reproduced their pictu-resque aspects without poetry, with-Tiber that majesty which ennoblesWhen he came to Paris, the out giving the banks of thePoussins compositions (Fig. 585)public demanded storms, shipwrecks, and night effects from himHe was the first purveyor of Romanti-cism, which thenceforth proved aneager consumer of tempests and moon-light scenes. In spite of his sincererespect for truth, he reduced all thesevaried aspects to the conventional ef-fects which were within the limitedcompass of the artists of his day, whosecolour, though it was capable ofrendering the vivid variations of richstuffs, became languid and monotonouswhen it imitated the delicate har-monies of the open air. The poetswere no more successful in producinga true Impression; they thought toomuch of Virgils landscapes, and thevhad only the insipid vocabulary ofmock pastorals wherewith to expressthemselves. The series of French sea-ports painted by Joseph Vernet to Marignys order, are panoramas . 278. 584. MMK. l.\ I? (Museum of Versailles.) PARISIAN ART UNDER LOUIS XV AND LOUIS XVI
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