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... represented in the noblest form , with a depth of feeling never since equalled . It was only for a short period that Art maintained this high degree of perfection - scarcely more than one quarter of a century ! But the great works then ...
... represented in the noblest form , with a depth of feeling never since equalled . It was only for a short period that Art maintained this high degree of perfection - scarcely more than one quarter of a century ! But the great works then ...
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... represented in a freely created form , by the gifted artist , according to his individual feeling . Its principle is that of the sunbeam , which , though broken into various colours by the prism , is , in each portion , equally ...
... represented in a freely created form , by the gifted artist , according to his individual feeling . Its principle is that of the sunbeam , which , though broken into various colours by the prism , is , in each portion , equally ...
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... arrangements , unless we give up the idea of a repast , like , for example , Luca Signorelli and Fiesole , who rather represented the Sacrament of the Eucharist . The arrangement Chap . I. LEONARDO DA VINCI AND HIS FOLLOWERS . 281.
... arrangements , unless we give up the idea of a repast , like , for example , Luca Signorelli and Fiesole , who rather represented the Sacrament of the Eucharist . The arrangement Chap . I. LEONARDO DA VINCI AND HIS FOLLOWERS . 281.
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The Italian Schools Franz Kugler Sir Charles Lock Eastlake. rather represented the Sacrament of the Eucharist . The arrangement seems , moreover , particularly suitable to the refectory of a convent , where the monks are seated exactly ...
The Italian Schools Franz Kugler Sir Charles Lock Eastlake. rather represented the Sacrament of the Eucharist . The arrangement seems , moreover , particularly suitable to the refectory of a convent , where the monks are seated exactly ...
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... represented a naked figure of Leda , standing , with the two children - some scruples of decorum have converted it by over - paintings into a Charity . ' Besides these , there are many excellent originals by Leo- nardo in Milan and the ...
... represented a naked figure of Leda , standing , with the two children - some scruples of decorum have converted it by over - paintings into a Charity . ' Besides these , there are many excellent originals by Leo- nardo in Milan and the ...
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Page 306 - The prophets and sibyls in the triangular compartment of the curved portion of the ceiling are the largest figures in the whole work ; these, too, are among the most wonderful forms that modern art has called into life. They are all represented seated, employed with books or rolled manuscripts ; genii stand near or behind them. These mighty beings sit before us pensive, meditative, inquiring, or looking upwards with inspired countenances.
Page 306 - The upper half of the composition is in many parts heavy, notwithstanding the masterly boldness of the drawing ; confused, in spite of the separation of the principal and accessory groups ; capricious, notwithstanding a grand arrangement of the whole. But, granting for a moment that these defects exist, still this upper portion, as a whole, has a very impressive effect, and, at the great distance from which it is seen, some of the defects alluded to are less offensive to the eye. The lower half deserves...
Page 487 - Leonardo da Vinci), the terrible manner of Michael Angelo, Titian's truth and nature, the sovereign purity of Correggio's style and the just symmetry of...
Page 439 - In the centre sits the princess under a tree ; she looks with surprise and tenderness on the child, which is brought to her by one of her attendants : the squire or seneschal of the princess, with knights and ladies, stand around ; on one side two lovers are seated on the grass ; on the other are musicians and singers, pages with dogs. All the figures are in the Venetian costume ; the colouring is splendid, and the grace and harmony of the whole composition is even the more enchanting from the naivete...
Page 282 - One of you shall betray me,' have caused the liveliest emotion, .... The two groups to the left of Christ are full of impassioned excitement, the figures in the first turning to the Saviour, those in the second speaking to each other; horror, astonishment, suspicion, doubt, alternate in the various expressions. On the other hand, stillness, low whispers, indirect obgervation, are the prevailing expressions in the groups on the right.
Page 300 - They serve to support the architectural forms, to fill up and to connect the whole. They may be best described as the living and embodied genii of architecture. It required the united power of an architect, sculptor and painter to conceive a structural whole of so much grandeur, to design the decorative figures with the significant repose required by their sculpturesque character, and yet to preserve their subordination to the principal subjects, and to keep the latter in the proportions and relations...
Page 306 - ... (the upper part of the body being that of a woman) is twined around the stem; she bends down towards the guilty pair, who are in the act of plucking the forbidden fruit . The figures are nobly graceful, particularly that of Eve. Close to the serpent hovers the angel with the sword, ready to drive the fallen beings out of Paradise. In this double action, this union of two separate moments, there is something peculiarly poetic and significant : it is guilt and punishment in one picture. The sudden...
Page 282 - ... the development of an animated action, is here enlivened in the most varied manner, while a most naturally imagined connection reduces it to an harmonious whole. The figure of Christ forms the centre ; he sits in a tranquil attitude, a little apart from the others ; the disciples are ranged three and three together, and they form two separate groups on each side of the Saviour. These four groups in their general treatment indicate a certain correspondence of emotion and a harmony in movement,...
Page 283 - Christ are full of impassioned excitement, the figures in the first turning to the Saviour, those in the second speaking to each other ; horror, astonishment, suspicion, doubt, alternate in the various expressions : on the other hand, stillness, low whispers, indirect observation, are the prevailing expressions in the groups on the right. In the middle of the first group sits the betrayer, a cunning, sharp profile ; he looks up hastily to Christ, as if speaking the words, " Rabbi, is it I?" while,...
Page 282 - This mode of composition, which betrayed the earlier artists into a disagreeably stiff and monotonous representation, and seems so unfavourable to the development of an animated action, is here enlivened in the most varied manner, while a most naturally imagined connection reduces it to an harmonious whole. The figure of Christ forms the centre ; he sits in a tranquil attitude a little apart from the others ; the Disciples are arranged three and three together, and they form two separate groups on...