Pictorial Composition And the Critical Judgment of Pictures. a Handbook for Students And Lovers of Art
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The farther one may remove himself from his theme, the less of its minutiae will he see. The process of simplification is in- dividual. What he takes from nature he puts back out of himself. The landscape painter be- comes an interpreter of moods, his own as well as nature's, and in his selection of these he re- veals himself. Does he show you the kingdoms of the world from some high mount, or make you believe they may be found if you keep on mov- ing through the air and over the ground such as... he creates ? Does he make you listen with him to the soft low music when nature is kindly and tender and lovable, or is his stuff of that robust fibre which makes her companionable to him in her ruggedness and strength ? As the hidden forces of nature control man yet bend to his bidding — electricity, air, steam, etc. — so do the open and obvious ones which the painter deals with. They dictate aU the con- ditions and yet somehow — he governs. The dif- ferent ways in which he does this gives to art its [213 J PICTORIAL COMPOSITION variety and enables us to form a scale of relative values.
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