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... produced , so they will awaken the enthusiasm of the latest posterity . For the truly beautiful depends not on ... produce its impression on the heart of the spectator . At the first glance it seems surprising that in this most ...
... produced , so they will awaken the enthusiasm of the latest posterity . For the truly beautiful depends not on ... produce its impression on the heart of the spectator . At the first glance it seems surprising that in this most ...
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... produced some works of high perfection ; and although criticism may here and there detect external deficiencies , the same spirit of divine beauty breathes from them all ; they still afford a higher gratification to the mind than the ...
... produced some works of high perfection ; and although criticism may here and there detect external deficiencies , the same spirit of divine beauty breathes from them all ; they still afford a higher gratification to the mind than the ...
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... produced results evincing the highest possible mastery . A proud , stern spirit gave its peculiar impress alike to the actions . and works of Michael Angelo — a spirit which valued its own independence above all , and knew how to embody ...
... produced results evincing the highest possible mastery . A proud , stern spirit gave its peculiar impress alike to the actions . and works of Michael Angelo — a spirit which valued its own independence above all , and knew how to embody ...
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... produced no effect from below , changed the dimensions as we see to satisfy the eye . That Michael Angelo really began at this end of the ceiling appears from an incidental statement of Condivi relating to the disgust which the great ...
... produced no effect from below , changed the dimensions as we see to satisfy the eye . That Michael Angelo really began at this end of the ceiling appears from an incidental statement of Condivi relating to the disgust which the great ...
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... produced an unfavourable effect upon the upper half of the picture . We look in vain for the glory of heaven , for beings who bear the stamp of divine holiness , and renunciation of human weakness ; every- where we meet with the ...
... produced an unfavourable effect upon the upper half of the picture . We look in vain for the glory of heaven , for beings who bear the stamp of divine holiness , and renunciation of human weakness ; every- where we meet with the ...
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