The art of the Pitti Palace : with a short history of the building of the palace, and its owners, and an appreciation of its treasures (1903)
Addison, Julia de Wolf Gibbs, 1866- · Boston : L.C. Page · leaf 456
, andthe colouring, although the vehicle is tempera, isas deep and rich as an oil painting. The exquisitelydecorative shade of the blue in the sky is especiallynoteworthy. Pallas is represented as a youngwoman, with a more regular type of beauty thanthat often chosen by this artist, and the… … PALLAS AND THE CENTAUR By Botticelli; in the Royal Apartments I XTbe IRopal Bpartments 367 ries a halberd in a disinterested way, and a shieldis slung on her back, but the only warlike suggestionabout her is the firm clutch with which she seizesthe hair of the centaur. Intellectual triumph —calm…
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