But over these images, vivid and distinct as nature herself, he has a command which over nature he has not. He can summon any that he chooses, and if,
therefore, any group of them which he received from nature be not altogether to
his mind, he is at liberty to remove some of the component images, add others
foreign, and re-arrange the whole. art oil paintings for sale
Let us suppose, for instance, that he has perfect knowledge of the forms of
the Aiguilles Verte and Argentière, and of the great glacier between them at the
upper extremity of the valley of Chamonix. The forms of the mountains please
him, but the presence of the glacier suits not his purpose. He removes the
glacier, sets the mountains farther apart, and introduces between them part of
the valley of the Rhone. oil paintings for sale online
This is composition, and is what Dugald Stewart mistook for imagination, in
the kingdom of which noble faculty it has no part nor lot. dog oil painting
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