Landscape painting and modern Dutch artists (1906)
Greenshields, E. B. (Edward Black), 1850- · New York : Baker & Taylor · leaf 124
lrendering of the facts of nature, to recommendthem; they shimmer in the light of their creatorsthought, fade in the shadows of their moods orsparkle with the splendor of their fancy. Always,however, one is conscious of how inevitable aretheir limitations, prescribed as they are by the… … that it is less of an accomplishment adequately toexpress that in one way or another than it is to dis-cover ^^sermons in stones and books in runningbrooks. In other words, it is a far more magnifi-cent landscape that expresses the epic poetry of theearth than that sings the song of any artist…
Landscape painting · Painters
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