Art in America; a critical and historical sketch (1880)
Benjamin, S. G. W. (Samuel Greene Wheeler), 1837-1914 · New York, Harper & Brothers · leaf 100
re vibrates as to well-attuned harmonies of music.For form he has less feeling; his drawing is often very defective, and thelines are hesitating, uncertain, and feeble. But we have had no artistsince Stuart who has shown such a natural sympathy for the shades andmodulations of chromatic effects.… … CARTOON SKETCH : CHRIST AND NICODEMUS.—[JOHN LAFARGE.] black and white, or camaieu. But whether it be form or color, the variouselements of art are regarded by Lafarge not so much for what they areas for what they suggest; he is less concerned with the external than withthe hidden meaning it has…
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