. Art in France. r 7 ; I K \l I I 1. mi- Kb.\ I 11 1 I () (Bil)lii)tluque Natiunale, Print R<x)ni.) 348 THE ROMANTIC PERIOD. (.. 732. — RAFFKT. THE MIDNICHT REVIEW.(LITHOGRAPH.) (Bibliotheque Xationale, Print Room.) time of Louis Philippe,and he never shocked itby any Romantic trucu-lence; his correct tech-nique delighted the loversof the golden mean, andthey admired in him achastened Delacroix, justas in Delavigne theyhailed a more tranquilVictor Hugo. TonyRobertFleury also paintedthe Middle Ages or theRenaissance, expressingthe sentiment of its per-sonages with some drama
. Art in France. r 7 ; I K \l I I 1. mi- Kb.\ I 11 1 I () (Bil)lii)tluque Natiunale, Print R<x)ni.) 348 THE ROMANTIC PERIOD. (.. 732. — RAFFKT. THE MIDNICHT REVIEW.(LITHOGRAPH.) (Bibliotheque Xationale, Print Room.) time of Louis Philippe,and he never shocked itby any Romantic trucu-lence; his correct tech-nique delighted the loversof the golden mean, andthey admired in him achastened Delacroix, justas in Delavigne theyhailed a more tranquilVictor Hugo. TonyRobertFleury also paintedthe Middle Ages or theRenaissance, expressingthe sentiment of its per-sonages with some dramatic force and w^ith stronger colour thanDelaroche. Isabey, a less ambitious artist, was content to makethe light flicker on the velvet and satin of his pretty puppets, and toconcentrate the sumptuous colour of the great Venetian and Flemishdecorators in little figures. It was the educated middle classes who read the eloquent pagesof history written by Delaroche; but there was a much largerpublic for the drawings of Rafl^et and Daumier. Below the more pompous works flourished a popu-lar imagery, direct, violent andrapid as life itself. F
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