International studio . of aman with a headache fora pillow. There werecertain things about Rossettilatterly to which he couldno more give expression inpainting than he could to aheadache. In Rossettis later art thepresence of main lines ofdesign is less obviously accessories do not fallin with the mood, and there-fore they do not—as doesthe intertwined necklacein the beautiful pictureMonna Vanna, for instance— fall naturally in withthe rhythm of design. Theaccessories are treated illustratively, photographi- doxical to urge that in 1857 his art is more fully cally-they are accessories
International studio . of aman with a headache fora pillow. There werecertain things about Rossettilatterly to which he couldno more give expression inpainting than he could to aheadache. In Rossettis later art thepresence of main lines ofdesign is less obviously accessories do not fallin with the mood, and there-fore they do not—as doesthe intertwined necklacein the beautiful pictureMonna Vanna, for instance— fall naturally in withthe rhythm of design. Theaccessories are treated illustratively, photographi- doxical to urge that in 1857 his art is more fully cally-they are accessories but not accessory to the charged with feeling than at a later stage. Butjust as we may claim that everything that can findexpression in art is legitimate to it, so there things for which expression cannot be found4 design, and the artist is in a state of mind whenhis eyes are almost closed to objects which at onetime had each their separate meaning for are whole tracts in his canvases then where. (S*tfnmH^tltry tf fIrtniM . •CHAPEL BEFORE THE LISTS. WATER COLOUR BY D G ROSSETTI.
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