. Art in France. NATURALISM. ilc. 868.—delalnav. the plagle at rome.(The Luxembourg, Paris.) the language of sensation :for the other, it realisedpoetic visions and evokedserene meditations. Puvis de Chavannes(1824-1898) created adecorative style; he v^^asmore successful thanFlandrin and Chenavard,Lyonnais like himself, intranslating noble thoughtsinto the language of form,and in emancipating him-self from the prosaic ex-actitude of the painting is as tranquil as the architecture it clothes: his figuresare fixed in truthful and majestic attitudes, attitudes of repose, orat leas
. Art in France. NATURALISM. ilc. 868.—delalnav. the plagle at rome.(The Luxembourg, Paris.) the language of sensation :for the other, it realisedpoetic visions and evokedserene meditations. Puvis de Chavannes(1824-1898) created adecorative style; he v^^asmore successful thanFlandrin and Chenavard,Lyonnais like himself, intranslating noble thoughtsinto the language of form,and in emancipating him-self from the prosaic ex-actitude of the painting is as tranquil as the architecture it clothes: his figuresare fixed in truthful and majestic attitudes, attitudes of repose, orat least of bodies in perfect equilibrium; with their simplifiedsilhouettes and a certain stiffness of the joints, they have thatperfect solidity, that candid air which marked Giottos figures,and is lacking in Ingres and Flandrins calligraphic favourite colours repeat the pale tones and the soft charm ofFlorentine fresco, as if the chalk on the wall had melted into theblues and reds. They require no gold frame to enh
Size: 1785px × 1400px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookpublishernew, booksubjectart
