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Show designers such as Moreau reflected the gaiety an grace of life at court. Atabout the same time Chod owiecki in Germany-where Diirer, over two centuriesearlier, had etched some of the platesin whic hedepicted Germanlife inaGermanway-setdow in an honest sober spirit the customs and costume ashesawand comprehended them. But this bring the domain of bookillustration,wit usfullywithi Phiz and the otherswho Cruikshanlk o outloo theetchingneedle served inthemiddle yearsof th nineteenth century in frank acceptance of the illus trator'sfunction. If theline tobeavoided seemshar todraw, one mayeasily regain bearings by recallin that other delineator of the miseries of war, Goya His works on canvas and copper vary decidedly i merit, butat his best he had a vigor thatcould mak its point with brutal blowsas of a club,or with th lightning flash of the matador's blade, which hei said to have wielded in reality. Absolutely of th soil, he was possible only in Spain The national and racial element which plays s prominenta partinall thisdepictionof thelife of th timeisequallyafactorin other branches:Jandscape marine and animal pieces. Has Dutch landscape in adistance of‘tremulousmistiness flat,losingitsel ever been presented more sympathetically than i certain platesby Rembrandtand Hercules Seghers The mention of Ruysdael, Naiwjncz, Roghman Simon de Vlieger recalls tomind further pictures o Digital image© 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rihts reserved |
