r of her charge. Another good JacobMaris is the view of a distant town seen across aharbour, the water of which is treated in a masterlymanner. The long perspective of streets andbuildings, too, is most successful, and the whole com-position is marked by the dignified repose andrestraint so… … WINTER IN AMSTERDAM the town slopes downwards, the brown roofs of thehouses gradually melting away in the distancemaking the tower appear all the more substantial.The atmospheric effects are as happy as is thecomposition ; the harbour in the foreground withthe illusion of motion in the water, the…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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