. Art in France. South? It was in the work ofPoussin that the French classicalgenius first awoke to a conscious in-dividuality. As he developed, Frenchpainters showed less indecision; by the middle of the seventeenth century, all recognised him as their mind dwelt habitually in antiquity. His aim was toplace before our eyes the personages of historv and of Greekmythology. He could not live anywhere but in Rome; and thiswas not because he wished to mix in the somewhat noisy societv of artists who thronged fromall countries to the greatpicture-fair, but that hemight live in conte
. Art in France. South? It was in the work ofPoussin that the French classicalgenius first awoke to a conscious in-dividuality. As he developed, Frenchpainters showed less indecision; by the middle of the seventeenth century, all recognised him as their mind dwelt habitually in antiquity. His aim was toplace before our eyes the personages of historv and of Greekmythology. He could not live anywhere but in Rome; and thiswas not because he wished to mix in the somewhat noisy societv of artists who thronged fromall countries to the greatpicture-fair, but that hemight live in contemplationof the statues which wereexcavated dav bv dav, andof a region still hauntedby the names of the was here alone that hefelt himself surrounded bythe memories, the monu-ments, and the relicshe worshipped. Herehe could piously drawthe ruins and measure thestatues to discover thesecret of their beauty. One day when he was walking with astranger, he picked up from among the grass a handful of earth, 203. FIG. 425.^\ B(Jl RDoNCHILDREN DRAWINO. (Museum of Montpellier.) ART IN FRANCE
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