How to study pictures by means of a series of comparisons of paintings and painters from Cimabue to Monet, with historical and biographical summaries and appreciations of the painters' motives and methods . < s Pi s o <. PILOTY-FORTUNY sented. If so, in order to attain his object, he has sacri-ficed the unity of his picture, which, as it now stands, isreally a combination of several compositions,—the groupwith the bear in the front ; the group of women ; theemperors group, and that of the senators at the backwelcoming Germanicus, the conqueror,—a distributionof separate incidents ingenio
How to study pictures by means of a series of comparisons of paintings and painters from Cimabue to Monet, with historical and biographical summaries and appreciations of the painters' motives and methods . < s Pi s o <. PILOTY-FORTUNY sented. If so, in order to attain his object, he has sacri-ficed the unity of his picture, which, as it now stands, isreally a combination of several compositions,—the groupwith the bear in the front ; the group of women ; theemperors group, and that of the senators at the backwelcoming Germanicus, the conqueror,—a distributionof separate incidents ingeniously linked together. And now examine more closely the individual in the Spanish Marriage, how they brim with lifeand character! Note the attitude of the priest, as he risesfrom his chair and leans over the table while the bride-groom signs his name. What an elderly fop the latteris, arrayed in a delicate lilac costume! The bride is in awhite gown, trimmed with flowered lace, and has awreath of orange-blossoms in her luxuriant black is toying with a fan, enjoying its pretty decorations,while she listens to the talk of a girl friend, who leansforward with a most delightful gesture of dainty gr
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