Fifty years of modern painting, Corot to Sargent (1908)
Phythian, John Ernest, 1858- · London, G. Richards · leaf 103
bit, made no allowance for thestereoscopic action of the human eyes. To them, as painters,sight meant scrutiny, intelligent scrutiny, recognition of thedetailed character of objects. To Corot, as painter, sightwas emotional rather than intelligent; it was feeling ratherthan perception. He looked… … THE IMPRESSIONISTS AND THEIR ALLIES 71 indoors and out of doors, in exactly the same way. Corotspictures are beautiful in themselves; they have also enabledus consciously, and therefore more fully, to enjoy the samebeauty when we see it in nature. Though Corot was born before the close of the…
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