American painters: with eighty-three examples of their work engraved on wood (1879)
Sheldon, George William, 1843-1914 · New York : D. Appleton and company · leaf 267
ctures rugged and broken forms, which he used ascontrasting lines to the elements of repose. It is impossible to view anydilapidated, moss-grown structure, whether of wood or stone, without a feelingof sadness and melancholy stealing over the heart; it is natural, and belongsto all ruin and decay.… … <4-H^fe&i*5S» NEAR THE ATCHAFALAYA.From a Painting by Joseph Rusling Meckel. p. 187. JOSEPH RUSLINQ MEEKER. \:-- n sorrowful longing for something unattainable, while the latter contains anexpression of general good-nature and an entire freedom from anything likewoe. It is certain that…
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