nted somefamiliar scene, either one or two figures or a swarming crowd,guided only by the idea that light draws as well as colors anobject, and that light puts each thing in its place. Hence theintense color notes of his work, the abbreviation of the draw-ing, the simplification of the figures, the… … SOME MODERN FRENCH PAINTERS. 73 Here let us note that the much-abused terms impression and impressionist are quite good and useful. Manet andM. Degas, to mention two leaders, seek to reproduce the purephenomenon, the subjective appearance of things; whereas theart of M. Bouguereau or of Cabanel…
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