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Their ugliness rose from hate, envy, and all evil passions; amongst which he especially delighted to represent a gloating exultation over human distress. THEIR UGLINESS ROSE FROM HATE ENVY AND ALL EVIL PASSIONS AMONGST WHICH HE ESPECIALLY DELIGHTED TO REPRESENT A GLOATING EXULTATION OVER HUMAN DISTRESS
they were all beautiful in the original idea. The lines of each face, however distorted by pain, would have been, in rest, absolutely beautiful; and the whole of the execution bore witness to the fact that upon this original beauty the painter had directed the artillery of anguish to bring down the sky-soaring heights of its divinity to the level of a hated existence. To do this, he worked in perfect accordance with artistic law, falsifying no line of the original forms. It was the suffering, rather than his pencil, that wrought the change. The latter was the willing instrument to record what the imagination conceived with a cruelty composed enough to be correct. To enhance the beauty he had thus distorted, and so to enhance yet further the suffering that produced the distortion, he would often represent attendant demons, whom he made as ugly as his imagination could compass; avoiding, however, all grotesqueness beyond what was sufficient to indicate that they were demons, and not men. HICH HE DREW WAS THAT THEY WERE ALL BEAUTIFUL IN THE ORIGINAL IDEA THE LINES OF EACH FACE HOWEVER DISTORTED BY PAIN WOULD HAVE BEEN IN REST ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND THE WHOLE OF THE EXECUTION BORE WITNESS TO THE FACT THAT UPON THIS ORIGINAL BEAUTY THE PAINTER HAD DIRECTED THE ARTILLERY OF ANGUISH TO BRING DOWN THE SKY SOARING HEIGHTS OF ITS DIVINITY TO THE LEVEL OF A HATED EXISTENCE TO DO THIS HE WORKED IN PERFECT ACCORDANCE WITH ARTISTIC LAW FALSIFYING NO LINE OF THE ORIGINAL FORMS IT WAS THE SUFFERING RATHER THAN HIS PENCIL THAT WROUGHT THE CHANGE THE LATTER WAS THE WILLING INSTRUMENT TO RECORD WHAT THE IMAGINATION CONCEIVED WITH A CRUELTY COMPOSED ENOUGH TO BE CORRECT TO ENHANCE THE BEAUTY HE HAD THUS DISTORTED AND SO TO ENHANCE YET FURTHER THE SUFFERING THAT PRODUCED THE DISTORTION HE WOULD OFTEN REPRESENT ATTENDANT DEMONS WHOM HE MADE AS UGLY AS HIS IMAGINATION COULD COMPASS AVOIDING HOWEVER ALL GROTESQUENESS BEYOND WHAT WAS SUFFICIENT TO INDICATE THAT THEY WERE DEMONS AND NOT MEN
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