Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . and the progressiverealization of the democratic ideal; from the artistic point ofview it is also the beginning of a new period, that of the uni-versal influence of the French School, and of the successcrowning all the efforts of its most original masters (sincethe beginning of the century), to re-establish art in its normalpath of expressing contemporary life, not only in its exteriormanifestation, but also in its high aims which constitute inreality the individual ideal of our time. The severe lesson of events has borne fruit. Francediscovered its ability to rise
Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . and the progressiverealization of the democratic ideal; from the artistic point ofview it is also the beginning of a new period, that of the uni-versal influence of the French School, and of the successcrowning all the efforts of its most original masters (sincethe beginning of the century), to re-establish art in its normalpath of expressing contemporary life, not only in its exteriormanifestation, but also in its high aims which constitute inreality the individual ideal of our time. The severe lesson of events has borne fruit. Francediscovered its ability to rise again from the depths of the first moment it became a veritable bee-hive of in-dustry. Everywhere everyone starts diligently to workamidst the ruins, and in the land reborn. French art of theperiod showed the solidity of its foundation and the vitalityof the race through the superlative success it achieved at theInternational Exposition of Vienna in 1873, and its finaltriumph of the Paris Exposition of 1878. 105. - E ^ > t: o < o IVIany of those famous artists who have spread abroadthe glory of the School through the great romantic struggle,the Jules Dupres, the Lamis, the Cabats, the Robert-Fleurys,the Isabeys, the Gigoux, the Meissoniers, are now at thishour secure in their enduring reputations; the great na-turalists or realists of yesterday, Corot, ]Millet, Coin-bet, in-augurate the period, which their work at their death willrender more fruitful. All this magnificent labor of three-quarters of a century will, during this last period, merge intonew and highly significant methods of expression. With reference to the imaginative quality, the greatidealist drift will be absorbed in the important movement ofmural painting of M^hich Paul Baudry, and afterwards Puvisde Chavannes, are more particularly the prototypes. As tothe quality of observation, the trend of realism continues,and, becoming more and more effective in the constant effortto arrive at the essenc
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