Chapter II., Definition of Greatness in Art

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§1. Distinction between the painter's intellectual power and technical knowledge. 8
§2. Painting, as such, is nothing more than language. 8
§3. "Painter," a term corresponding to "versifier." 9
§4. Example in a painting of E. Landseer's. 9
§5. Difficulty of fixing an exact limit between language and thought. 9
§6. Distinction between decorative and expressive language. 10
§7. Instance in the Dutch and early Italian schools. 10
§8. Yet there are certain ideas belonging to language itself. 11
§9. The definition. 12
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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