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Art in France (1911)

Hourticq, Louis, 1875-1944 · New York : Scribner · leaf 346

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of the Empire would not have had a painter worthy of it.But he was something more than a mere battle-painter; like David, he put thoughtinto his vast panoramas.The classical batde-piecesshow us warriors, but notsoldiers; another genrewas evolved, that of Sal-vator Rosa and of Bour-guignon, who… … FIG. 676. — PRIDHU-N. JI STICK .\.\L> IIIVI.NEVENGEANCE PURSUING CRIME. (The Louvre, Paris.) {Pholo. Neurdein.) 321 ART IN FRANCE for historical battle-scenes, where we mayadmire Louis XIV giving orders on aneminence. The realities of battle hadnever entered into art, till Gros introducedthem.…

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