. Art in France. eir art. Theyliave extinguished the Impressionist fireworks, because their magiciridescence prevents one from seeing the solidity of things; veryvivid polychromy dazzles the eye and holds it captive; thatloud confused music disturbs our thoughts; dark colour is lessdistracting to meditation, and we can recognise a thought moreeasily in its tranquilHty. These painters seek the perennial physi-ognomy that underlies the variations of hours and seasons. Theystrip the soil of its vesture oflight and verdure; they loveto show the skeleton of theearth. They have a strong pre-dilectio
. Art in France. eir art. Theyliave extinguished the Impressionist fireworks, because their magiciridescence prevents one from seeing the solidity of things; veryvivid polychromy dazzles the eye and holds it captive; thatloud confused music disturbs our thoughts; dark colour is lessdistracting to meditation, and we can recognise a thought moreeasily in its tranquilHty. These painters seek the perennial physi-ognomy that underlies the variations of hours and seasons. Theystrip the soil of its vesture oflight and verdure; they loveto show the skeleton of theearth. They have a strong pre-dilection for Brittany, a districtin which the variations of timeand season transform the aspectsof Nature but slightly. Amongthe innumerable portraits of theFrench provinces which appearannually at the Salon, none leavea deeper impression upon thememory than Menards Medi-terranean scenes, and the Brit-tany of Simon, Dauchez andCottet. Here is that colour-less land, with hard outlines,where it is believed that traces 430. |i WHlll \ 1 . ; roNscRiprs. (Palais Bourbon.) NATURALISM
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