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The art of Florence, an interpretation (1912)

Powers, H. H. (Harry Huntington), 1859-1936 · Newton, University Prints · leaf 30

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ushing into the thickest of the fight, himselfthe most redoubtable of this redoubtable host. The fateof the day is decided, the Persians are in retreat, and thecharioteer of the vanquished Darius, in an agony of fear,is lashing his horses for flight. Looking closer we see thatthe spear of Alexander… … o d O a o O 0)03 c3 o o31—1 14 Mornings with Masters of Art poetic license, no doubt, in this condensing of the long line ofbattle which brings the two monarchs within a spears lengthof each other, but marvelous fidelity to the spirit of theonset and the rout, as also to the character of the two…

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