Art in America : a critical and historical sketch (1880)
Benjamin, S. G. W. (Samuel Greene Wheeler), 1837-1914 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 212
is altogether too small for the rest of the group, and thefigure of the patient so indistinct that it is difficult to tell exactly the partof the body upon which the surgeon is performing the operation. Themonochromatic tone of the composition is, perhaps, intentional, in order toconcentrate the… … STUDY OF A BOYS HEAD. [w. SABTAIN.] centration was the sole purpose of the painting. In similar paintings byRibeira, Regnault, and other artists of the horrible, as vivid a result isobtained without sacrificing the light and color in the other parts of thepicture; and the effect, while no less…
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