The Tuscan & Venetian artists, their thought & work (1904)
Rea, Hope 1860- · London, J. M. Dent · leaf 109
itis the more common form of idealism, to take the real andthe actual, for the matter of our thought, and place itunder ideal conditions. The family may be taken forexample, or friends, and imagined as just lacking thosedefects which affection suggests are accidental rather thaninnate. In some such… … St. Clare.—Vivarini. DREAMLAND AND REALITY 71 present at least, they exist in reality—nowhere. Theyare purely ideal—in their way, as much so as FraAngelicos angels. So in like manner, in art, to a large extent, theVenetians looked on Venice and idealised it. A glorifiedVenice, an idealised life as…
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