Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · New York : The Macmillan company ltd. · leaf 294
n acute perception ofthe general deficiencies, due to microscopic, or over-elaborated,detail, from which nineteenth century anecdotal and historicpainting has so generally suffered. All reactions tend to ex-tremes, and Whistlers point of view represents a strong andneeded protest against faulty… … Fig. 183. — Greek Girls Playing at Ball. Sir Frederick Leighton. which need not apply to others. Whistlers dominant aim wasto realize things as actually seen by the eye, as distinct fromthings which may be imagined or thought about. Aside frometching, in which he is conceded to have had no modern…
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