Hourticq, Louis, 1875-1944 · New York : Scribner · leaf 349
expression of artificialgrandiloquence, yet as a whole the school of David, with its epicstyle, did not misrepresent its epoch. Emphasis Is not out of placein speech, when there isheroism in actions.Among all these paintersfrom Guerin to Gerard,there were some unwill-ing captives of the sub-lime;… … (.S,; DKBICOIKI IIU i.Alltk\ iif PALAIS ROYAL. (Ribliothtquc Nationale, Print Room.) 324 THE NEW CLASSICISM temples and triumphal arches. Cartellier s marbles, and the heroes of David and of Gros are superhuman in their proportions. Before The Distribution of the Eagles, David used to say:…
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