Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882 · New York : Hurd and Houghton ; Cambridge [Mass.] : Riverside Press · leaf 68
xpress, in nature, the calm-ness of the sea, the majesty of far-off horizons, thevegetal tranquillity of the strong, resisting trees, thequietude of the globe, after the catastrophes thathave upheaved it, motionless, eternal duration — thehorizontals in painting express analagous sentiments,the… … II PAINTING. 43 dominate in it, and the contrast of the other lines,instead of attenuating the accent of horizontality willrender it still more striking. Witness The Testa-ment of Eudamidas ; in it Poussin has repeated thehorizontal lines. Lying upon his death-bed, the citi-zen of Corinth forms the…
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