t the martyr-dom of the conscience lodged in this grotesquebody, the more beautiful is the artists work. Let Francois Millet represent a peasantresting for a moment as he leans on the handleof his hoe, a wretched man worn by fatigue,baked by the sun, as stupid as a beast ofburden dulled by blows—he… … 9. SEBASTIAN, THE DWARF OF PHILIPPE IV. By Velasquez. ALL IN NATURE IS BEAUTIFUL Let Beaudelaire describe a festering corpse,unclean, viscid, eaten by worms, and let himbut imagine his beloved mistress under thisfrightful aspect, and nothing can equal insplendour his picture of this terrible…
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