. Prints; a brief review of their technique and history . ^ production we feel the domi-nating influence of Italian art, with an occa-sional echo of German thought or Germantechnique. France seeks her own languagein the graphic arts, and timidly venturesforth in an original manner of diffidence is of brief duration, however, 90. o H FRANCE and by the end of the seventeenth centurywe find her a leader in eni>Taving, and })y nomeans in engraving only. As we enter uynmthis broad develoi)nient, we must cast aglance on two personalities of distinct origi-nality, namely, Jacques C
. Prints; a brief review of their technique and history . ^ production we feel the domi-nating influence of Italian art, with an occa-sional echo of German thought or Germantechnique. France seeks her own languagein the graphic arts, and timidly venturesforth in an original manner of diffidence is of brief duration, however, 90. o H FRANCE and by the end of the seventeenth centurywe find her a leader in eni>Taving, and })y nomeans in engraving only. As we enter uynmthis broad develoi)nient, we must cast aglance on two personalities of distinct origi-nality, namely, Jacques Callot and (JlaudeLorrain. Both are natives of Lorraine, bothare schooled in the art centers of Italy, (al-lot, endowed with an impulsive, expressivestyle, full of personal qualities, vividlydescribes in his plates the habits, customs,pleasures, the life, in short, of France andItaly at his time. He peoples his plates withmultitudes of minute figures, with well-accented gestures. These little figures arewritten down, as it were, with consummateskill; they are expressive in their concertedaction; in their grouping, these joeasants,soldiers, beggars, cripples, actors, courtiers,as they troop across the scene, unfold al:>irds-eye view of the world in the midst ofwhich the artist lived. From the vast num-ber of his prints, let us select f
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