“Others may know better,” said Vernet, “how to paint
the sky, the earth, the ocean; no one knows better than I how to paint a
picture.”
Vernet revolutionized the painting of landscapes by presenting the human figure dramatically in the forefront of his scenes.
“The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there and the battlefield is the heart of man.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
Vernet revolutionized the painting of landscapes by presenting the human figure dramatically in the forefront of his scenes.
“The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there and the battlefield is the heart of man.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
