"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

19 July 2021

Atmosphere.

Degas, Rehearsal in the Studio of the Opera, 1879


What I want is difficult: the atmosphere of lamps or moonlight. The air we see in the paintings of the old masters is never the air we breathe. 

Edgar Degas

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