. Art in France. ncerity and dexterity in a very masterly fashion, and theirrealism is occasionally relieved by touches of rhetoric. But there is a style which is less brilliant and more delicate in itsgradations; it is that of the Dutch masters, who by means of simplecolours intermingled with light and shade, expressed the intimatesentiment of an interior, and the familiar mystery of its atmosphere. These Dutch masters helpedChardin (1699-1779) todivine the poetry of smalldomestic objects. Like them,he was a modest craftsman,without any scholastic culture ;he knew nothing of classicalliteratu
. Art in France. ncerity and dexterity in a very masterly fashion, and theirrealism is occasionally relieved by touches of rhetoric. But there is a style which is less brilliant and more delicate in itsgradations; it is that of the Dutch masters, who by means of simplecolours intermingled with light and shade, expressed the intimatesentiment of an interior, and the familiar mystery of its atmosphere. These Dutch masters helpedChardin (1699-1779) todivine the poetry of smalldomestic objects. Like them,he was a modest craftsman,without any scholastic culture ;he knew nothing of classicalliterature; he had seen noRoman ruins, and had nevermade drawings from theantique; his imagination, un-encumbered by mythology, layopen to the suggestion ofhumble accessories and every-day figures. Nevertheless, hetoo had begun by paintingstill-life pieces of a somewhatambitious character, aiming atFiu. 564.— THE sTONE-ci TTER. cffcct, likc Monnovers flowers(De Ganay Collection.) or Desportes game. But he 269. ART IN FRANCE
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