. Art in France. FIG. 570.— THE HOISE-WTFE. (The Louvre, Paris.) 271 ART IN FRANCE. keeper brushes the school-boys hat angrily, and hesullenly waits to take it fromher and be of?. This sameboy, when he is shut up todo his lessons, takes a teeto-tum from his pocket, and,the world forgetting. sitsabsorbed in contemplationof his toy. Not one of thesepersons is conscious of beinglooked at; they are them-selves in all simplicity, andFIG. ;N. «<,v WITH A TEETUTiM. ^^ve iio morc idca of posing(The Louvre, Paris.) than their furniture. A new language was required torecord th
. Art in France. FIG. 570.— THE HOISE-WTFE. (The Louvre, Paris.) 271 ART IN FRANCE. keeper brushes the school-boys hat angrily, and hesullenly waits to take it fromher and be of?. This sameboy, when he is shut up todo his lessons, takes a teeto-tum from his pocket, and,the world forgetting. sitsabsorbed in contemplationof his toy. Not one of thesepersons is conscious of beinglooked at; they are them-selves in all simplicity, andFIG. ;N. «<,v WITH A TEETUTiM. ^^ve iio morc idca of posing(The Louvre, Paris.) than their furniture. A new language was required torecord these scenes, so common in daily life, but so unfamiliar toFrench art, and Chardin in fact speaks a language invented by him-self. His painting has nothing in common with any of the stylesadmired in his day; his method is that of an honest craftsman, whodespises tinsel; his gowns have no brilliantly broken folds, and hisfurniture dispenses with rococo ornament; his colour is sober, and laidon by a quiet hand which fears to seem too easy; gliding peacefullyover the surface, the brush has l
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