. Art in France. d to be a kind ofCredo for his classical religion ; it repre-sents great artists and writers doing homage to the poet of the Iliadand the Odyssey for the works with which he had inspired , neither Ingres nor Delacroix felt it essential to make hisart conform to the aesthetic doctrine he had adopted. Ingres talked a great deal about principles, andlaid down axioms acceptable to theClassicists of every age, but, like anyRomanticist, he obeved the intimatepromptings of his genius. No doubthe lacks profundity, if we comparehim with Delacroix. We may ad-mit that his cul
. Art in France. d to be a kind ofCredo for his classical religion ; it repre-sents great artists and writers doing homage to the poet of the Iliadand the Odyssey for the works with which he had inspired , neither Ingres nor Delacroix felt it essential to make hisart conform to the aesthetic doctrine he had adopted. Ingres talked a great deal about principles, andlaid down axioms acceptable to theClassicists of every age, but, like anyRomanticist, he obeved the intimatepromptings of his genius. No doubthe lacks profundity, if we comparehim with Delacroix. We may ad-mit that his culture was not of a veryhigh order, that his intelligence waslimited, that he had neither strongsensibilities, nor a rich if he seems a litde narrow, itis because he was too exclusivelyan artist; he thought nothing in theworld could compete with the sweepof a beautiful line. He aspired tomake every work that left his handsa feast of perfection for the eye, likea piece of exquisite chasing, or an 341. FIG. 717.— III. (Museum of \ersailles.) ART IN FRANCE
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