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Art in France (1911)

Hourticq, Louis, 1875-1944 · New York : Scribner · leaf 193

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ree sons of Catherine de Medici, whose shivering senility and puerile coquetry they imitate. Jannet and Corneille de Lyon have admirably rendered the aristocratic pallor and milky complexions of the Court ladies, with tints as light as water-colours; their painting, consisting entirely of glazes,… … KU:. 351.— JKAN r.OlJON. fontaink dksI.NNIHE.NTS, PARIS. GOTHIC STYLE TO CLASSICAL ART appear still more fragileand delicate. Corneille deLyon was fond of settingthese white faces against agreen background, for thesake of the rosy irradiationsuch a scheme imparts tothem. Few colours wereused in…

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