Powers, H. H. (Harry Huntington), 1859-1936 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 70
at we at first easily confound the twoNevertheless, all that characterizes the new art is suggestedin this picture and is lacking in the other. The narrow linebetween these two pictures is the boundary between old andnew. First, symmetry is deliberately sacrificed. We havethe same great Madonna,… … B 50, Madonna Enthroned (Rucellai Madonna).S. M. Novella, Florence. Cimabue, 1240 ?-1302 ? 52 Mornings with Masters of Art one knee is placed higher than the other in proper corre-spondence with the feet, and the Child is thrown conspicuouslyout of center. Trifling but extremely significant, the…
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