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Charlotte Mason Picture Study Aid John Constable

Step 4. If high art is to be seen ‘in the selection of a subject and its treatment, and the expression of the
thoughts of the persons represented,’ how far does Fra Angelico come up to this standard?

He unites perfect unison of expression with full exertion of pictorial power. This will be illustrated by
further reference to the pictures, and by reading some passages from Modern Painters.

Step 5. Allow my pupils time to look again at the pictures, summarising meanwhile by a few questions.

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