Ingres and Delacroix

Author: Yang Xiaohong
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The art of early 19th-century Europe is often seen by later generations as a debate between the color expert Delacroix and the master of line Ingres. Their rivalry meant reigniting the long-standing confrontation between the "Poussinistes," who emphasized form, and the "Rubenistes," who emphasized color, which had persisted for several centuries. It is well known that the debate between Ingres and Delacroix was not merely a difference in artistic views between the two but also reflected the clash of different aesthetic ideas in French society at the time.