. A short history of art . exceed Gericaults picture in emotional intensity,it is the first picture of the time in which colour wasmade to play its share in the emotional the influence of Gros it even obtained favour inAcademic circles. But this was withdrawn two years laterwhen Delacroixs Massacre of Scio appeared, and hence-forth for many years the artist was regarded as a pariah ofart, and assailed with the bitterest invective. For this picture represented a decisive break with Aca-demic principles, since in its composition artificial balanceand formal grouping are replac
. A short history of art . exceed Gericaults picture in emotional intensity,it is the first picture of the time in which colour wasmade to play its share in the emotional the influence of Gros it even obtained favour inAcademic circles. But this was withdrawn two years laterwhen Delacroixs Massacre of Scio appeared, and hence-forth for many years the artist was regarded as a pariah ofart, and assailed with the bitterest invective. For this picture represented a decisive break with Aca-demic principles, since in its composition artificial balanceand formal grouping are replaced by an apparently naturalbalance, and by a disposition of the figures, regulated notby rule, but in accordance with the character of the inci-dent depicted, while each personage in the drama is ex-pressive of individual emotion. Moreover, it is distin-guished by an advance in colour qualities, for Delacroix,like all Frenchmen who have a genius for colour, had re-turned to the inspiration of Rubens. The lessons he derived. Q HO « oa,
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