Анна Каренина

Chapter 11

           Heforgotallhehadthoughtabouthispicturebeforeduringthethreeyearshehadbeenpaintingit;heforgotallitsqualitieswhichhadbeenabsolutelycertaintohim—hesawthepicturewiththeirindifferent,new,outsideeyes,andsawnothinggoodinit.HesawintheforegroundPilate’sirritatedfaceandtheserenefaceofChrist,andinthebackgroundthefiguresofPilate’sretinueandthefaceofJohnwatchingwhatwashappening.Everyfacethat,withsuchagony,suchblundersandcorrectionshadgrownupwithinhimwithitsspecialcharacter,everyfacethathadgivenhimsuchtormentsandsuchraptures,andallthesefacessomanytimestransposedforthesakeoftheharmonyofthewhole,alltheshadesofcolorandtonesthathehadattainedwithsuchlabor—allofthistogetherseemedtohimnow,lookingatitwiththeireyes,themerestvulgarity,somethingthathadbeendoneathousandtimesover.Thefacedearesttohim,thefaceofChrist,thecenterofthepicture,whichhadgivenhimsuchecstasyasitunfoldeditselftohim,wasutterlylosttohimwhenheglancedatthepicturewiththeireyes.Hesawawell-painted(no,noteventhat—hedistinctlysawnowamassofdefects)repetitionofthoseendlessChristsofTitian,Raphael,Rubens,andthesamesoldiersandPilate.Itwasallcommon,poor,andstale,andpositivelybadlypainted—weakandunequal.Theywouldbejustifiedinrepeatinghypocriticallycivilspeechesinthepresenceofthepainter,andpityinghimandlaughingathimwhentheywerealoneagain.

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