Word: romanticizes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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A sparkling portrait of Victor Huge is in the place of honor at the exhibition "Romantic Illustration in France," which will remain at the Fogg Museum throughout the month. Beside the lithograph of Achille Deveria -- lent by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston -- is a pencil sketch by Hugo of...
Lithographs by Charlet and his pupil Raffet, echoed by wood-engravings of these masters, show the Napoleonic Legend. The comparison is instructive; the visitor directing his glance from a page of Nodier's "Portes de Fer" to a lithograph of the Napoleonic army is readily convinced of the small interest...
The Romantic fervor also found its way into book illustration, which, forming a part of the page, are called vignettes. The process, developed in England, spread to Paris, where in the '30's a formidable number of illustrated books were produced. The interest was shared between new editions of famous...
As the century were on, an interest in types of people took the place of the more imaginative work. A whole series of little books called "Physiologies" were issued in 1841 and '42. For these pamphlets the biting accuracy of Daumier's pencil was admirably suited. A whole case is...
The exhibition should appeal to those interested in the art, the literature and the social customs of the Romantic decades. It shows the period as a whole, so that a new impression is gained of a much misunderstood and neglected movement. The Romantic artists were the first to attempt an...