Smith, Gerard William · New York, Scribner · leaf 187
portant to noticethat this verdict is based, not on the more ambitious workswhich continued the tradition of Lebnm or Mignard, but onthose slighter productions which aimed at nothing higher thanto reflect the charm, the easy grace, the frivolity of cotemporarymanners. The works of Watteau and his… … Peiifect IIaiimony. By Antoine Watteau. rAINTIXG IN FRANCE. 159 inability in the French mind, and consequently in the artistswho so closely interpreted it, to fully appreciate the higherideals of Painting. Whether the fault lay with the artists orwith society, or Avas due, as some say, to the…
Painting, Spanish · Painting, French
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