. Art in France. (1(15.—;KAKi>. roKiKvii Mh iiik PAINTER ISABEY AND JUS (The Louvre, Paris.) THE NEW CLASSICISM. FIG. 666.—g£ MARIE LiETITL\ ,MOTHER OF NAPOLEON I. (Museum of Versailles.) famous works are scenes of tragedy. His figures strike theatrical attitudes, and seem always on the point of a tirade. Talma and Mile. Georges had taught them the art of declamatory poses. Lethiere represented certain episodes of Roman history with a grandiose setting, architecture inter-rupted by heavy shadows; the im-portance of the surroundings seems to suggest a recon
. Art in France. (1(15.—;KAKi>. roKiKvii Mh iiik PAINTER ISABEY AND JUS (The Louvre, Paris.) THE NEW CLASSICISM. FIG. 666.—g£ MARIE LiETITL\ ,MOTHER OF NAPOLEON I. (Museum of Versailles.) famous works are scenes of tragedy. His figures strike theatrical attitudes, and seem always on the point of a tirade. Talma and Mile. Georges had taught them the art of declamatory poses. Lethiere represented certain episodes of Roman history with a grandiose setting, architecture inter-rupted by heavy shadows; the im-portance of the surroundings seems to suggest a reconsdtution of Republican Rome; the figures have some slight reality, and the stormy sky gives a catastrophic atmosphere to the scene. Gerard (1770-1837) was less docile to the Davidian discipline. The somewhat trivial facility of his talent made it easy for him to desert the studio for the drawing-room. It did not prevent him from executing some rather feeble compositions, but it made him a popular portraitist. He was the official painter of the aristocracy under the Empire and the Restoration, and the embroideries of the Court
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