Powers, H. H. (Harry Huntington), 1859-1936 · Newton, University Prints · leaf 434
are most inadequately named.They alone among the figures on the ceiling are privileged tobe nameless, a privilege which the true artist would alwaysprefer but which he must usually sacrifice for the hardness ofmens hearts. A name upon a work of art is almost alwaysmisleading. Upon a work of the… … C 132, Decorative Figure, Ceiling, Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome.Michelangelo, 1475-1564. 418 Mornings with Masters of Art with the name in our own experience. Only by leaving art totell its own message in its own way is it possible for the artistto crowd out irrelevancies. But, alas, his message…
Christian art and symbolism · Art
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