The life and paintings of Vicat Cole, RA. . to mind, orwithout feeling the beauty of the effect more deeplybecause the artist has taught him to see it. Under itsinfluence what a fairy expanse of light and soft reflec-tions the river presents ! How unsubstantial thedistance ! The designing and drawing of the trees, andthe gradation of tones in the painting of them, are essen-tial to the perfection of the impression. It is chiefly bythese that the full effect of the mist is made visible;but every detail, even the minutest, has its part in K 74 VIC A T COLES LIFE AND WORKS. contributing to the co
The life and paintings of Vicat Cole, RA. . to mind, orwithout feeling the beauty of the effect more deeplybecause the artist has taught him to see it. Under itsinfluence what a fairy expanse of light and soft reflec-tions the river presents ! How unsubstantial thedistance ! The designing and drawing of the trees, andthe gradation of tones in the painting of them, are essen-tial to the perfection of the impression. It is chiefly bythese that the full effect of the mist is made visible;but every detail, even the minutest, has its part in K 74 VIC A T COLES LIFE AND WORKS. contributing to the conception of the idea and to theunity of the picture. In the words of Pope,— •• No single parts unequally surprise,All comes united to the admiring eyes. The whole is, indeed, what Thomson calls a dreamof waking fancy. Yet, with all its dreaminess, werecognise it as a faithful transcript of one of Naturesloveliest aspects. It is the very poetry of her wakinghour, revealing the worship of the lover no less thanthe genius of the STUDY AT MAGPIE ISLAND. STUDY OF WILLOWS AT THE MOUTH OF THE LODDOX. WARGRAVE.
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