. Art in France. ;. MSK OK lllf 1 111 Kl , PARIS. 374 THE ROMANTIC PERIOD. flict between them, to whom inven-tion is a necessity, and the public,which they have to educate, isinevitable. The strife began in thetime of Louis Philippe; this periodwitnessed the birth of the antagonismbetween the artist and the bour-geois. A sort of batde Ingres, Delacroix, and all thosewho came after them, we constantlyfind the feelings which are developedby combativeness, the desire to con-quer, the rage of defeat, the pride oftriumph, and more often doubt as tothe final succes
. Art in France. ;. MSK OK lllf 1 111 Kl , PARIS. 374 THE ROMANTIC PERIOD. flict between them, to whom inven-tion is a necessity, and the public,which they have to educate, isinevitable. The strife began in thetime of Louis Philippe; this periodwitnessed the birth of the antagonismbetween the artist and the bour-geois. A sort of batde Ingres, Delacroix, and all thosewho came after them, we constantlyfind the feelings which are developedby combativeness, the desire to con-quer, the rage of defeat, the pride oftriumph, and more often doubt as tothe final success. Artists no longerenjoyed the peaceful security of themasters of the old regime. Filially, Romanticism taught usthat to understand a work, we mustenter into communion with the indi-vidual or collective soul which it embodies. Since we have lookedfor a hidden message in it, and not for the more or less successfulrealisation of ideal beauty, we have learnt to love even the obsoleteforms of art; the Classicist, always ready to despise all that of-fended his taste, condemned himself to ignore th
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