French portrait engraving of the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries (1910)
Thomas, Thomas Head, 1881- · London : Bell · leaf 317
a bust. But with all their cold-ness and severity, they are remarkably sensitive—remarkablydelicate—bits of decoration; the white of the head, the blackof the background, and the neutral gray of the frame are soperfectly related that they are masterpieces in the matterof tone. Yet with all these… … SAINT-AUBIN 163 work, he could hardly be called a great artist. His art israther like the faces in his portraits. They are lively andvivacious and infinitely sympathetic, but seem a little un-substantial. They are not exactly superficial, but rather donot pretend to any depth. Their expressions are…
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