I give this instance with respect to color and shade; but, in the whole field
of art, the difference between the great and inferior artists is of the same
kind, and may be determined at once by the question, which of them conveys the
largest sum of truth? It follows from this principle, that in general all
great drawing is distinct drawing; for truths which are rendered
indistinctly might, for the most part, as well not be rendered at all. There
are, indeed, certain facts of mystery, and facts of indistinctness, in all
objects, which must have their proper place in the general harmony, and the
reader will presently find me, when we come to that part of our investigation,oil paintings for sale, telling him that all good drawing must in some sort be indistinct. We
may, however, understand this apparent contradiction, by reflecting that the
highest knowledge always involves a more advanced perception of the fields of
the unknown; and, therefore, it may most truly be said, that to know anything
well involves a profound sensation of ignorance, while yet it is equally true
that good and noble knowledge is distinguished from vain and useless knowledge
chiefly by its clearness and distinctness, and by the vigorous consciousness of
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So in art. The best drawing involves a wonderful perception and expression of
indistinctness; and yet all noble drawing is separated from the ignoble by its
distinctness, by its fine expression and firm assertion of Something;
whereas the bad drawing, without either firmness or fineness, expresses and
asserts Nothing. The first thing, therefore, to be looked for as a sign
of noble art, is a clear consciousness of what is drawn and what is not; the
bold statement, and frank confession—"This I know," "that I know
not;" and, generally speaking, all haste, slurring, obscurity, indecision, are
signs of low art, and all calmness, distinctness, luminousness, and
positiveness, of high art. oil painting reproductions
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