[333] 2) RUBENS^a -- I am especially fond of Rubens^b's landscapes because they show in a very special way, I would say, the difference of the naturalistic level, although the style is naturalistic, from the level which art reveals. Here again the only thing I can ask you to do is to go, not physically but spiritually, "into" it and experience the power of being^c which reveals itself through the limited power in form and matter of such a picture. 3) LANDSCAPE by Jacob Ruisdael ^d-- Here I wanted to say a few words about that which is most prominent in this picture, namely the tree in the middle. This is TREEHOOD! Now if you ever are

asked in an examination about what a Platonic^e idea means, then think of this picture. This tree represents TREEHOOD, ESSENCE of tree, which repeats itself in every tree, but which of course, in special most powerful trees, is more manifest than in others. Here you have this kind of tree which is of course repeated in many pictures of Ruisdael ^fand other Dutch painters---you have that vision Plato^g had when he came to his doctrine of ideas, namely of the essential power which makes that every tree again becomes a tree and nothing else, this natural power which is based in an eternal essence, an essence which would remain even if the surface of the earth with all trees disappeared.

So think of this tree when you are asked about the meaning of a Platonic idea. 4) LANDSCAPE by Monet^h -- Here you have something else, and this is an important thing, namely, as you know, Monetⁱ is the most representative name, not the greatest perhaps---the greatest is Manet^j, who is more than any other painter in the 19th century, but Monet ^kis most characteristic for what is called impressionism. I call this style, in my stylistic analysis, subjective naturalism