Powers, H. H. (Harry Huntington), 1859-1936 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 199
curving less, and crowdedmore up toward the frame. So far we have three lines, andthey constitute a flowing letter N admirably adapted to thisspace. But this letter N is crowded to the left simply tomake room for another figure — that of Isaac. Here againthe artist carefully disposes the figure in… … B 416, The Sacrifice of Abraham (Competitive Panel), Bargello, Florence. Ghiberti, 1378-1455. jGhiherti, the Painter in Bronze i8i Having noted these main lines, it will be interesting to notehow carefully the artist avoids anything like contradictorylines. For instance, this theme permitted plenty…
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