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The "Pantechnicon," I should explain, is the name we have, for our own purposes, given to what the Munichers prefer to call the Pinakothek. We could never pronounce Pinakothek properly. We called it "Pynniosec," "Pintactec," and the "Happy Tack." THE PANTECHNICON I SHOULD EXPLAIN IS THE NAME WE HAVE FOR OUR OWN PURPOSES GIVEN TO WHAT THE MUNICHERS PREFER TO CALL THE PINNACOTE WE COULD NEVER PRONOUNCE PINA CROTECT PROPERLY WE CALLED IT PINNIOSEK PINTACT TECH AND THE HAPPY TACK
rally said it was flat, and B. that it was out of drawing. A stranger overhearing our discussions would have imagined that we knew something about painting. We would stand in front of a canvas for ten minutes, drinking it in. We would walk round it, so as to get the proper light upon it and to better realise the artist's aim. We would back away from it on to the toes of the people behind, until we reached the correct "distance," and then sit down and shade our eyes, and criticise it from there; and then we would go up and put our noses against it, and examine the workmanship in detail. This is how we used to look at pictures in the early stages of our Munich art studies. Now we use picture galleries to practise spurts in. I did a hundred yards this morning through the old Pantechnicon in twenty-two and a half seconds, which, for fair heel-and-toe walking, I consider very creditable. B. took five-eighths of a second longer for the same distance; but then he dawdled to look at a Raphael.  TEXTURE AND ATMOSPHERE I GENERALLY SAID IT WAS FLAT AND B THAT IT WAS OUT OF DRAWING A STRANGER OVERHEARING OUR DISCUSSIONS WOULD HAVE IMAGINED THAT WE KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT PAINTING WE WOULD STAND IN FRONT OF A CANVAS FOR TEN MINUTES DRINKING IT IN WE WOULD WALK ROUND IT SO AS TO GET THE PROPER LIGHT UPON IT AND TO BETTER REALIZE THE ARTIST'S AIM WE WERE BACK AWAY FROM IT ON TO THE TOES OF THE PEOPLE BEHIND UNTIL WE REACHED THE CORRECT DISTANCE AND THEN SIT DOWN AND SHADE OUR EYES AND CRITICISE IT FROM THERE AND THEN WE WOULD GO UP AND PUT OUR NOSES AGAINST IT AND EXAMINE THE WORKMANSHIP IN DETAIL THIS IS HOW WE USED TO LOOK AT PICTURES IN THE EARLY STAGES OF OUR MUNICH ART STUDIES NOW WE USE PICTURE GALLERIES TO PRACTISE SPURTS IN I DID A HUNDRED YARD THIS MORNING THROUGH THE OLD PANTECHNICON IN TWENTY TWO AND A HALF SECONDS WHICH FOR FAIR HEEL AND TOE WALKING I CONSIDER VERY CREDITABLE B TOOK FIVE EGGS OF A SECOND LONGER FOR THE SAME DISTANCE BUT THEN HE DAWDLED TO LOOK AT A RAPHAEL
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