THE GREAT TRIUMVIRATE It is generally acknowledged that the greatest masters of painting that the world has known are Titian, Velasquez, and Rembrandt, and to each of the triumvirate we apply the word genius.

Among the many definitions of that abused word is one which states that genius consists not in seeing more than other people, but in seeing differently.

We acknowledge genius in a painter when, over and above masterly technical power, he presents to us a view of life or of nature which we may never have seen, but which we are convinced is the vision of deeper eyes than our own, and is true.

The seer has seen it, and it is only because of the dimness or narrowness or worldliness of our outlook that we do not perceive it also.
A great painter writes us a letter, tells us of the things he has seen or heard or felt, gives us news of the world wherein he lives.

He expresses his personality to us, and personality in art is a thing incalculable.
Corot's _Arcadia_ landscape delights us because it is the distilled essence of the vision, heart, and character of the personality called Corot.
Personality may be expressed by a Rembrandt, abundantly.