Powers, H. H. (Harry Huntington), 1859-1936 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 255
s Fra Bartolommeo, a seriousbut feebly artistic soul, who was privileged to formulate thisprinciple of the new art into that lifeless rule of thumb whichthe craftsman in art so dearly loves. In his monumentaldrawing in the Uffizi in Florence, we have triangles galore.First, there is the Madonna and… … Leonardo, the Magician of the Renaissance 237 and beneath, forms another triangle, whose lines are echoedby the legs of the cherubs below. Starting now with themask at the very top, and utilizing the figures of the promi-nent angels on either side, we descend to the heads of thepowerful figures to…
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