l a double truth, for itis the inner truth translated by the outer truth;it is the soul, the feelings, the ideas, expressedby the features of a face, by the gestures andactions of a human being, by the tones of asky, by the lines of a horizon._ Now, to the great artist, everything innature has… … wo Xw XH XH ALL IN NATURE IS BEAUTIFUL beautiful, because in the contractions of asickly countenance, in the lines of a viciousface, in all deformity, in all decay, the innertruth shines forth more clearly than in featuresthat are regular and healthy. And as it is solely the power of characterwhich…
Art · Sculpture · Realism in art
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