Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . s, as Horace Vernet, Paid Delaroche, Baron Gros,Ary Scheffer, Alexandre Decamps, — artists whose noble productions gave tothe romantic school its finest triumphs. In the mean time, classic art wasably and effectively supported by the distinguished labors of DomeniqueIngres, pupil and successor of
Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . s, as Horace Vernet, Paid Delaroche, Baron Gros,Ary Scheffer, Alexandre Decamps, — artists whose noble productions gave tothe romantic school its finest triumphs. In the mean time, classic art wasably and effectively supported by the distinguished labors of DomeniqueIngres, pupil and successor of David, Guillaume Guillon-Lethiere, HippolyteFlandrin, and Jean Baptiste Regnault. The Academy, though defeated, stilllives, and modern lovers of art find that, especially in decorative design,there is much to admire in classic subjects. After the revolt of the romanticists the most important movement in the ART PROGRESS OF THE CENTURY 589 world of art also took place in France, and is known as the Revolution of1830. To understand this movement it is necessary to consider the state ofart in England, as the men of 1830 in France derived their inspirationfrom John Constable, an English landscape painter. At the beginning oi the century the two great artists of England were Sir David Wilkie and. THE HOLY WOMEN AT THE TOMB. J. M. W. Turner. David Wilkie (1785-1841) was a portrait, historic, andgenre painter, and no English artist up to his time had ever attained suchwide popularity as he enjoyed. His pictures are all known the world over,as witness such titles as The Kent Day. -Village Politicians; -The BlindFiddler, Kino- Alfred in the Neatherds Cottage, -The Village Festival, Reading the Will, The Chelsea Pensioners, Blind Mans Buff, TheVillage School, and John Knox preaching. Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) was one of the most remark- 590 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY able artists that ever lived ; a most original genius, without ancestors andwithout heir
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