. Art in France. FIG. 688. GERICALLT. CHASSEUR OFFICER. (The Louvre.) (Plwlo. Neurdein.) ART IN FRANCE. — HKIM. KKADINC, A PLAV AT TUttOMEDlK-KKANCAlSE. (Museum of Wrsaillcs.) teenth century realists,educated in museums, thehrst of those superb crafts-men among whom wefind Courbet, Ribot,Manet, and LucienSimon. Twice in Davidstime he had distinguishedhimself by vast and violentcanvases of hussars andcuirassiers in action; hisdaring pencil had seizedthe momentary gesture ofa cavalryman leading acharge, rising upon hisrearing horse; and his glowing colour had shown brilliant uniformsand tragic l
. Art in France. FIG. 688. GERICALLT. CHASSEUR OFFICER. (The Louvre.) (Plwlo. Neurdein.) ART IN FRANCE. — HKIM. KKADINC, A PLAV AT TUttOMEDlK-KKANCAlSE. (Museum of Wrsaillcs.) teenth century realists,educated in museums, thehrst of those superb crafts-men among whom wefind Courbet, Ribot,Manet, and LucienSimon. Twice in Davidstime he had distinguishedhimself by vast and violentcanvases of hussars andcuirassiers in action; hisdaring pencil had seizedthe momentary gesture ofa cavalryman leading acharge, rising upon hisrearing horse; and his glowing colour had shown brilliant uniformsand tragic lights in the sinister atmosphere of battle (i ig. 688).When the Restoration disbanded the troops, it deprived him of uni-forms and swords. Gericault then turned to that world of athletes,unchained of old by the tumultuous genius of drawings and sketches set in motion great muscles strainingin some herculean effort, and he painted his masterly work, theRaft of the Medusa, a pile of corpses and dying men abovewhich several figures raise them-selves, upheld by a last hope,gathering
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