Thefirstaimofart, nodoubt, ; , justasitmaybesofantasticandsotrue; and, amongworkwhichwecanapprehendasdealingjustlywithreality, theremaybequiteasmuchdifferenceinallthatconstitutesoutwardformandlikenessasthereisbetweenaDutchinteriorbyPetervanderHooch, theportraitofakingbyVelasquez, , forinstance, isatheartasrealasthebody; but, aswecanhearitonlythroughthebodyspeaking, andseeitonlythroughbodilyeyes, andmeasureit, oftenenough, onlyintheinsignificantmomentofitsaction, itmaycometoseemtous, atalleventslessrealizable; , ; thatisall.
'svisionwasofsolidsuperficies, oftexturewhichhishandscouldtouch, , andhewasasgreatamasterofform, ofrichandsobercolor, oftheimitationoftheoutwardgesturesoflife, , andshowsus, withthesameindifference, thesameviolentfermentoflife—, ofgreed, ofallthebaserpassions, wasprofound: -making, drunkenness, cheating, quarreling, themereidlenessofsittingdrowsilyinachair, thegrosslifeofthefarmyardandthefields, civicdissensions, thesordidprovincialdanceofthesevendeadlysins, hesawinthesamedirect, unilluminatingwayastheDutchpainters; finding, indeed, nobeautyinanyofthesethings, butgettinghisbeautyinthedeftarrangementofthem, , andwhatremainedoutsidewasmerelymaterial.
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