. Art in France. MhKVON. THK .sVK\<.K. (I3iblithcquc Nationalc, Print Room.) THE ROMANTIC PERIOD. riG. 703. DEVERIA. SKETCH FOR THE BIRTH OF HENRY IV. (Museum of Montpellier.) ment, but colour is as individ-ual as the sound of the loved it brilliant andsumptuous, in the manner ofVenice or Antwerp ; but he hadan exasperated sensibility andan uneasiness of mind whichprevented his songs from risingm those clear and joyous ac-cents. He did not care for franktones or simple harmonies, butessayed broken tints, purple-reds,greenish-blues; there is no col-our in the prism w
. Art in France. MhKVON. THK .sVK\<.K. (I3iblithcquc Nationalc, Print Room.) THE ROMANTIC PERIOD. riG. 703. DEVERIA. SKETCH FOR THE BIRTH OF HENRY IV. (Museum of Montpellier.) ment, but colour is as individ-ual as the sound of the loved it brilliant andsumptuous, in the manner ofVenice or Antwerp ; but he hadan exasperated sensibility andan uneasiness of mind whichprevented his songs from risingm those clear and joyous ac-cents. He did not care for franktones or simple harmonies, butessayed broken tints, purple-reds,greenish-blues; there is no col-our in the prism with which hedid not try strange combina-tions and subtle contrasts; hisfeminine carnations, blond andpale, are drowned in a kind ofmilky mist, and in his penumbrahe gets the soft translucence of a fine pearl. Sometimes he strikes aharsh, metallic note; in other passages the colours neutralise eachother, dulled by an mtermixture in which cunning dissonances makethemselves felt. His hand trembles at times, and the brush deals slashing, staccato strokes, and does not alwaysfind the right, all-expressivetouc
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