In the course of a lifetime that stretched from 1780 to 1867. Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres was reviled and honored and reviled again, but he scorned both tribute and taunt. “I took the road of the ...

Raphael`s subtle draughtsmanship, which may justify the preponderance of drawings at the National Gallery`s exhibition, made him Ingres`s hero. Raphael`s brilliance shines but does not warm.

“Form,” declared Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, “is the foundation and the condition of all things. Smoke itself should be rendered by a line.” Fittingly, the exhibit commemorating the centennial of ...