. Art in France. moreliving if the artist wrestled with his blockof stone. He sometimes succeeded inwringing a cry of passion, as it were,from wood or marble; but the materialseems to have suffered from the brutaltouch of his agitated genius (Fig. 779). Barye (1796-1875) alone achieved absolute success in an artuntrammelled by classical tradition. He studied animals, theircharacteristic oudines and their attitudes, at the museum, andafterwards reconstituted their wild life in the desert. This wasa whole empire added to the somewhat narrow domain of statuary;for the Egyptian lions are decorativ
. Art in France. moreliving if the artist wrestled with his blockof stone. He sometimes succeeded inwringing a cry of passion, as it were,from wood or marble; but the materialseems to have suffered from the brutaltouch of his agitated genius (Fig. 779). Barye (1796-1875) alone achieved absolute success in an artuntrammelled by classical tradition. He studied animals, theircharacteristic oudines and their attitudes, at the museum, andafterwards reconstituted their wild life in the desert. This wasa whole empire added to the somewhat narrow domain of statuary;for the Egyptian lions are decorative figures, and the Greeks con-fined their animal studies to the horse. Baryes animals are por-traits; whether monumental or decorative, gigantic groups or letter-weights, they are full of a vigorous vitality. The dark, lustrousbronze suggests the play of muscles under the thick fur andthe curves and folds are like springs tightened by ein irresistibleforce. His wild beasts are shown in their constant struggle for. FIG. 777- RCDE. STATUE OF MARSHAL NEY AT PARIS.
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