Muther, Richard, 1860-1909 · London : J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton · leaf 121
y logical that they should endeavour to reconcilethe idea of immaculate whiteness with that of classical beauty, to see purebeauty in absence of colour, and in consequence to accentuate the question,Ought we to paint our pictures ? To painters the most suspicious element ina painting became the… … C.\RSTENS. PORTRAIT OF HIMSELF. THE CLASSICAL REACTION IN GERMANY 89 the ruin of our art, wrote Cornelius—and there commences the era of acartoon style hitherto unprecedented, which is to be carried on by the mosthighly endowed in the most earnest fashion. While during the rococo thesense of colour…
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