The Whistler book : a monograph of the life and position in art of James McNeill Whistler, together with a careful study of his more important works (1910)
? Figuresusually are story-telling symbols, but not nec-essarily so; with him they were vehicles of col-our, to invent a pattern for their luminosity.Peacock designs occur frequently in Japaneseart. No doubt, Whistler studied them. Thereis a certain resemblance, but he individualizedthem in his own… … SHUTTER DECORATION, PEACOCK ROOM. Symphonies in Interior Decoration 105 spaces untouched by any additional colour.Blank spaces of gold (or any colour) act insuch instances like the musical silence of apause between music, they represent the birthof beauty from luxury. But the Leyland roomwas…
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 · Painters
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