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The grammar of painting and engraving (1874)

Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882 · New York : Hurd and Houghton ; Cambridge [Mass.] : Riverside Press · leaf 77

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ies of varied scenes,the pleasures of a momentary and material illusion,unity is no longer necessary, because the artist, in-stead of conceiving a picture, is arranging the ma-chinery of a panorama. On the contrary, as soon asthe painter wishes to express a thought or awake asentiment, it is… … C -= <° < $ « -5 Si s. ts B of place involves unity of the visual point, withoutwhich the spectator, drawn in different directions,would be as if transported to several places at thesame time. It seems, then, that unity is more neces- PAINTING. 51 sary in a poem of images and colors than in a…

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