. Art in France. to transform the very conception of these young Romanticists art was not the realisation of anabstract ideal, but the expression of an individual soul, and themore original the artist, the greater the value of his works. Heshould not fear to manifest his vigorous personality; on the con-trary, he should defend it jealously against external influences,against all the forces that, by limiting his personality, tend to obscurehis genius. Romanticism was the revolt of sensitive faculties,hitherto disciplined by the play of definite ideas. Latent and irresponsible forces rose
. Art in France. to transform the very conception of these young Romanticists art was not the realisation of anabstract ideal, but the expression of an individual soul, and themore original the artist, the greater the value of his works. Heshould not fear to manifest his vigorous personality; on the con-trary, he should defend it jealously against external influences,against all the forces that, by limiting his personality, tend to obscurehis genius. Romanticism was the revolt of sensitive faculties,hitherto disciplined by the play of definite ideas. Latent and irresponsible forces rosefrom unconscious depthsto reject classical logic, with its fixedprinciples, is identicalamong all men; it has asort of eternal existence,superior to the mindswhich successively exer-cise it; and the Roman-ticist affects to despise thisfaculty which makes indi-viduals similar. Now from the sixteenthFi(..(»)4 i>ii\rKui\ 1 luiKTY ; ccnturv onwards, a long artistic tradition had fixed. l>\ (, riu- Louvre, Paris.) 330
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