In these sentences he is at one with Courbet, and by not allowing himself to be led astray into doing sacrifice to the idols of historical painting he continues to live as the historical painter of the Parisienne.
But Courbet's pictures first taught the Academy that the "picture of manners," which had seemed so harmless, had begun to usurp the place of historical painting in all its pride.
Instruction or theatrical effect--the aim of historical painting--had also to be that of the landscape painter.
Although, as he premises, he "is convinced that there is in reality only one kind of painting, historical painting, it is true that an able historical painter ought not entirely to neglect landscape.
Historical painting has for its principal object, besides beauty and grace, character.
Giovanni e Paolo, at Venice, which is generally regarded as his master-piece in historical painting.
But the latter four battles, notwithstanding the disadvantage of costume and arrangement necessarily imposed by the difference of time and country, produce far more satisfactory works of Art, and come much nearer to historical painting.
The art of all these men was merely a species of historical painting.
Official efforts for the cultivation of historical painting.
That was an historical picture, and yet as he painted it he reproached himself anew for having forsaken the "real art of historical painting.
He was, as he said, in general only a portrait painter because the world required it; that which he aspired after was the great manner of historical painting.
Art takes a similar course: popularity and facility of historical painting.
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