80 SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY
A DESIRABLE QUALITY AND A USEFUL PERSONALITY TRAIT
One of the most powerful things that art can do is to communicate sensitivity. The artist alerts the viewer to fine distinctions in the perception of various features of the world. These can include color, texture, line, tone, touch, and atmosphere. Jean Auguste Domnique Ingres’s graphite drawings are exquisitely sensitive to nuances of shape and form and also display a great sensitivity to more narrative qualities, such as carriage, posture, and character. The paintings of Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947), with their delicate, hesitant touch and richly graduated color, display an extraordinary sensitivity to color interaction and surface touch. The conté crayon drawings ...
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