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The history of modern painting (1907)

Muther, Richard, 1860-1909 · London : J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton · leaf 247

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Paris in 1801it met there also with themost striking success. Thegreater warmth of colour,the broader sweep of thebrush, and the life-likemovement of the figuresseemed, in comparison withDavids monotonous man-ner, to be far-reaching in-novations. With his Napoleon onthe Bridge of Areola Groshad… … THE FORERUNNERS OF ROMANTICISM IN FRANCE 209 hero. He too made an occasional excursion into the domain of Greekmytholog}-, but he did not feel at home there. His field was that livinghistory which the generals and soldiers of France were making. He won

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