The American Tradition in the ArtsHarcourt, Brace & World, 1968 - 492 pages |
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Page 256
... light - drenched , empty landscape stretching uninterrupted to the distant hills ; one can feel the tension and the silence , as modern man - heir to centuries of civilization stemming from the shores of the Mediterranean , Europe , and ...
... light - drenched , empty landscape stretching uninterrupted to the distant hills ; one can feel the tension and the silence , as modern man - heir to centuries of civilization stemming from the shores of the Mediterranean , Europe , and ...
Page 319
... light for expressive purpose with a result approaching Thomas Eakins in powerful insight and unity of feeling . His Family Group ( Metropolitan ) remains a fascinating statement of the formidable dignity and restraint of a privileged ...
... light for expressive purpose with a result approaching Thomas Eakins in powerful insight and unity of feeling . His Family Group ( Metropolitan ) remains a fascinating statement of the formidable dignity and restraint of a privileged ...
Page 330
... light suggests the extension of the interior beyond the confines of the picture . The poses are caught with the momentary swiftness of vision for which the artist was fa- mous . The whole conception looks unstudied and informal , a ...
... light suggests the extension of the interior beyond the confines of the picture . The poses are caught with the momentary swiftness of vision for which the artist was fa- mous . The whole conception looks unstudied and informal , a ...
Contents
Spain and France in the New World | 4 |
The Seventeenth Century | 11 |
The Tradition and the Arts of the Puritans | 15 |
Copyright | |
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