The art of the Louvre, containing a brief history of the palace and of its collection of paintings, as well as descriptions and criticism of many of the principal pictures and their artists (1905) (14786137113)

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Title: The art of the Louvre, containing a brief history of the palace and of its collection of paintings, as well as descriptions and criticism of many of the principal pictures and their artists
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Potter, Mary Knight, d. 1915
Subjects: Musée du Louvre Painting
Publisher: Boston, L.C. Page & company
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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s, and after only twenty-onemonths in the capital, Poussin, much hurt in his self-esteem by the adverse criticisms of Vouet and his fol-lowers, returned once more to Rome, never to leave itagain. This picture was painted for Cardinal Richelieufor a ceiling decoration and was, as it were, his final shotat his antagonists in the French city. The painting is round, the figures are all of life-sizeand the scene represents the clouds of the heavens seenthrough a quatrefoil of architectural form. Here inthe sky the figure of Time bears up Truth, carrying herto Paradise. A cherub floats on his back near by, holdingTimes sickle and a serpent in the shape of a huge circlet.Below, sitting on the architectural framework, are Envyon the right, Anger, or Discord, on the left. Timesbody is somewhat dark in line and he is represented as anold but still wonderfully vigorous man. His draperywhich falls only about the lower part of his torso, isblue, and the rapidity of his flight has thrown it far off
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TIME RESCUING TRUTH FROM THE ATTACKS OF ENVY AND DISCORD By Poussin Salle flDollten 277 his legs. His wide wings are in brown and gray tones.Truth, lying in Times arms, is a beautiful golden-hairednude woman, with flesh of much lighter tone than Time.Her face is turned in profile, her arms are raised as ifwelcoming the approach to Eternity. The light fallsstrongly on both Truth and the charming little cherub,while Time is thrown mostly into shadow. The cloudsabout them are of a gray-green colour, though imme-diately below Times feet is an opening very bright andgleaming. The figure of Discord on the left shows herlargely enveloped in a mantle that leaves her right shoul-der bare. She is sitting with one leg drawn sharply uptill the knee is greatly foreshortened, the other stretchedout resting on the edge of the framework. Her head isthrown back, bringing her features into a profile sadlymarred by the rancour with which she gazes after Truth,but still showing beauty. The foreshortening