Kenneth Clark Quote

This became Delacroix's theme: that the achievements of the spirit — all that a great library contained — were the result of a state of society so delicately balanced that at the least touch they would be crushed beneath an avalanche of pent-up animal forces.


Ch. 8: Delacroix - The Romantic Rebellion (1973)


This became Delacroix's theme: that the achievements of the spirit — all that a great library contained — were the result of a state of society...

This became Delacroix's theme: that the achievements of the spirit — all that a great library contained — were the result of a state of society...

This became Delacroix's theme: that the achievements of the spirit — all that a great library contained — were the result of a state of society...

This became Delacroix's theme: that the achievements of the spirit — all that a great library contained — were the result of a state of society...