The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 291
e (Fig. 527). With thismasterpiece, movement and pathosmade a brilliant return to art. Geri-cault went to England to exhibit hisRaft, and brought back new ideas onthe beauty of colour, as distinguishedfrom the colouring of the Davidians.He resembles the English and Rubensin his admirable studies of… … FIC. 527.—THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA.GERICAULT. (The Louvre.) land, are still very conventional in toneand design.Gericaults heir was Delacroix (1799-- This motive is, in point of fact, a con-ventional one, and is not to be found inany of the instantaneous photographs ofequine movement (see p. 6). It…
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