Matthew McConnell

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Since the dawn of boyhood, ferocious beasts and beautiful women have been subjects of great fascination, carefully studied, committed to memory, and revisited as often as discretion allows. Bazille had not only seen Delacroix’s lions and women; he had internalized them. He did what we do with art. He stored them away in his memory and carried them in his mind as a part of his own personal collection.
Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith
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