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Art in France (1911)

Hourticq, Louis, 1875-1944 · New York : Scribner · leaf 352

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Neither had authority enoughto impose Davids austere ideal upon rebellious youth. Gerard wasmerely a Court portrait-painter, and Gros, a premature wreck, wasbewailing the sins of his youth. Girodet had already disquietedDavid by his Ossianism; but if he felt differently from his master, 326 THE… … FIG. 687. HEIM. CHARLES X PRESENTING THE AWARDS AT THE SALOM OF 1823. (The Louvre, Paris.) he painted like him; andartists are lenient to di-vergencies of inspiration.When, however, technicalinnovations began to ap-pear, they could not beregarded as venial audaci-ties ; they menaced art inIts…

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