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Identifier: grmelifeworksofj00heri (find matches)
Title: Gérôme : the life and works of Jean Léon Gérôme
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Hering, Fanny Field
Subjects: Gérôme, Jean Léon, 1824-1904
Publisher: New York : Published by Cassell Publishing Company
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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dday glare; and space, through which the reverent soul canupreacb past unknown worlds and touch the Infinite. The unquestioning faithof the Moslem, as well as the picturesque contour ol his postures while alworship, deeply impressed our artist and became a favorite theme. In /on the House-top, he gives us another phase almost as beautiful as those wehave described. Gautier says: In this Prayer M. Gerfime has not needed to exert much effort to make adelicious picture. It is evening; the gold i the sunset meeting the twilightazure, produces one ol those greenish blues, like the blue of the turquoisii;. lii in and rare tone. The moon faintly outlines its silver crescent, and theminarets, tapering like ma>i> of ivory, send out from their high balconies the callol the muezzin, El salam alek, aleikoum el salami A vague, soft light falls Upon the terraces ol Ihe whitewashed houses, where the believers. Standing, kneeling, or with their foreheads bowed upon their carpet, recite theii pi
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THE SI ///•/ AND WORKS Ol /I IX i/o\ (,iiio\ll ru and chanl the glory oi A.llah, the eternal,solitary, and only one, in the solemnattitudes of Oriental devotion which the artisl excels in rendering. Theimpression made by this little canvas is profoundly religious. Alter the work,the heat, and the dissipation oi the day, the evening descends, bringing to soulsand to Nature, calm, freshness, and serenity. Islam, filled with faith, confidesitseli to God for the coming night. In the Arnaut, Smoking, we have a picturesque specimen ol an Albaniantaking his ease on a wide divan as be lazilj pulls awa) al his narghiUh, havingkicked ofl his savates, and drawn up his feel under his snow-white fustanelle.The lighl filters through the lattice-work ol the moucharabieh and touches111> the long mustachios and swarthy breast, the jeweled handle of the kandjarthrust into his sash, and the multicolored embroider) ol the cushion on whichhe rests his elbow. It is a picture lull ol rich and harmoniou

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  • bookyear:1892
  • bookdecade:1890
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Hering__Fanny_Field
  • booksubject:G__r__me__Jean_L__on__1824_1904
  • bookpublisher:New_York___Published_by_Cassell_Publishing_Company
  • bookcontributor:Harold_B__Lee_Library
  • booksponsor:Brigham_Young_University
  • bookleafnumber:162
  • bookcollection:brigham_young_university
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