. Art in France. FIG. 740.—MARILHAT. RUINS OF THEOF CALIPH HAKEM. AT CAIRO. (The Louvre. Paris.) mm~^fa^^ *^^™n^^B —•-,■ , .m^ I^>.*-^^«l»S>-*.*,—=ar — ■ -^ M^^^<&s^^Sl mf/Kr i-^sSss^ HBmj^^^^^s W^0 When atreign of FIG. 741.— ISABEY. VIEW OF DIEPPE. (Museum, Xancy.) terms invented!the end of theLouis XVI, perfectly sin-cere artists had attemptedto copy grass and waterfrom Nature, they hadfound only dull, non-translucent colour on theirpalettes. The audacity ofDelacroix and the fan-tasies of the Romanticistshad at least shown that colour could be freelytreated. Instead of spread-in
. Art in France. FIG. 740.—MARILHAT. RUINS OF THEOF CALIPH HAKEM. AT CAIRO. (The Louvre. Paris.) mm~^fa^^ *^^™n^^B —•-,■ , .m^ I^>.*-^^«l»S>-*.*,—=ar — ■ -^ M^^^<&s^^Sl mf/Kr i-^sSss^ HBmj^^^^^s W^0 When atreign of FIG. 741.— ISABEY. VIEW OF DIEPPE. (Museum, Xancy.) terms invented!the end of theLouis XVI, perfectly sin-cere artists had attemptedto copy grass and waterfrom Nature, they hadfound only dull, non-translucent colour on theirpalettes. The audacity ofDelacroix and the fan-tasies of the Romanticistshad at least shown that colour could be freelytreated. Instead of spread-ing it like plaster, neatlyglazed, Delacroix, whenhe painted the Massacreof Scio, juxtaposed bril-liant tints and franktouches, leaving the eyeto harmonise these vividtones. Delacroix hadalreadv been inspired bythe English landscapepainters; the French land-scape painters profited byhis example. But Dela-. 2.—G. MICHEL. ENVIRONS OFMONTMARTRE. (The Louvre, Paris.) 353 ART IN FRANCE
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