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Corot

noun
1.
French painter of Italian landscapes (1796-1875).  Synonym: Jean Baptiste Camille Corot.





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"Corot" Quotes from Famous Books



... impressionism, Breitner has made such scenes his own. But he can do also more tender and subtle things. In this collection was a little oil sketch of a mere which would not have suffered had it been hung between a Corot and a Daubigny; and a water-colour drawing of a few cottages and a river that could not have been strengthened ...
— A Wanderer in Holland • E. V. Lucas
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... me Mr. Hepplewhite!" returned the lady. "I've been looking forward to this visit for weeks. What a sweet room? Is that a Corot?" ...
— Tutt and Mr. Tutt • Arthur Train
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... unconscious, unmoral sweep of the force which makes for life. So completely enveloped is the reader in the atmosphere of the opulent world about him, so deeply does he realize the primeval forces rushing tumultuous through that world, that at times the human figures seem as subordinate as those in Corot's landscapes. And yet these human struggles are intensely real, the human drama intensely genuine. Whatever may be thought of the wisdom of presenting the sex problem so frankly, Mr. Allen's sharpest critic must confess that in no other American ...
— James Lane Allen: A Sketch of his Life and Work • Macmillan Company
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... "every one of them, and loved them onto the walls myself. Although Dick did quarrel with me over that Vereschagin. He agreed on the two Millets and the Corot over there, and on that Isabey; and even conceded that some Vereschagins might do in a music room, but not that particular Vereschagin. He's jealous for our local artists, you see. He wanted more of them, wanted to show his ...
— The Little Lady of the Big House • Jack London
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... human endeavor in this—that its effect depends chiefly on the way in which it is made and only secondarily upon what it is or what it represents. Were this not true, all statues of Apollo or Venus would have the same art-value; and you or I, if we could find a tree and a hill that Corot had painted, would be able to produce a picture as charming to ...
— A Librarian's Open Shelf • Arthur E. Bostwick
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Words linked to "Corot" :   Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, painter


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