. Art in France. 323 681.—MOREAt. LANDSCAPE. (The Louvre, Paris.) Y2 ART IN FRANCE. —UKlll,\i,. iiK (Ilic L()u\rf. Paris.) amusement In the pictur-esque spectacles of Parisunder the Directory andthe Restoration. Betweeni-^obespierre and Napo-leon, between revolution-ary civism and martialexaltation, there was anoutburst of libertinage,and both in costumeand manners, a pictur-esque disorder very stimu-laliig to the the time when David,liberated from the Revo-lution and not yet enrolledby the Empire, was taking the opportunity of returning to Romulus,Carle Ver
. Art in France. 323 681.—MOREAt. LANDSCAPE. (The Louvre, Paris.) Y2 ART IN FRANCE. —UKlll,\i,. iiK (Ilic L()u\rf. Paris.) amusement In the pictur-esque spectacles of Parisunder the Directory andthe Restoration. Betweeni-^obespierre and Napo-leon, between revolution-ary civism and martialexaltation, there was anoutburst of libertinage,and both in costumeand manners, a pictur-esque disorder very stimu-laliig to the the time when David,liberated from the Revo-lution and not yet enrolledby the Empire, was taking the opportunity of returning to Romulus,Carle Vernet and Debucourt were sketching the bizarre Muscadmsand Merveilleuses of the Palais-Royal (Fig. 683). To us, Little Masters such as Boilly and Carle Vernet seem moreinterestmg, perhaps, than the ambitious idealists of the school ofDavid, for the reaction against this school has led us to misjudgeall sincerity which is not realistic. And yet the soul of the Revolu-tion survives in Davids work, and not in that of Boilly. Eventhough certain men forced themselves into an expressi
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