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The history of modern painting (1907)

Muther, Richard, 1860-1909 · London : J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton · leaf 218

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THE LEGACY OF GERMAN ROMANTICISM i8i Boecklins sense, who transformed the temper of Nature into thecontemplation of hving beings —he spoke of the rest and peace ofGerman forests, of that hour of summers night when no wind blows, noleaflet moves, when to the solitary wanderer in the woods the mists … SCHVVIND. Albeit, Uclio.A HERMIT LEADING HORSES TO A POOL. rising from the meadows are transformed into white veils of the elves,and the gold-rimmed waves of the sea into the yellow hair of mermaidsfrolicking in the moonlight to the magic notes of their golden harps.He felt and loved his landscapes…

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