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The art of Florence, an interpretation (1912)

Powers, H. H. (Harry Huntington), 1859-1936 · Newton, University Prints · leaf 418

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r all,a spirit unbroken and undismayed. Thus our artist ringsthe changes upon that humanity that we know so well andwhich, represented in its more permanent traits, is the su-preme and undying theme in art. Isaiah (C 122) is perhaps as a figure the most splendid on theceiling, but the theme was one… … C 122, The Prophet Isaiah. Ceiling, Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome.Michelangelo, 1475-1564. 402 Mornings with Masters of Art outward despair like Jeremiah. He is spiritually subjectiveamong the prophets and hence the one least capable of inter-,pretation through an art that is primarily objective…

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