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The bases of design (1902)

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 356

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im to his court, he thus recites hisqualifications as an artist: I understand thedifferent modes of sculpture in marble, bronze,and terra-cotta. In painting, also, I may esteemmyself equal to anyone, let him be who he may. Of his paintings the widest-known, throughengravings, is The Last Supper,… … THE INDIVIDUAL INFLUENCE but little of it is now left. There is a fine study of the head of Christ. The picture of the Virgin of the Rocks and theportrait, Madonna Lisa del Gioconde, in theLouvre, show the quality of his painting—thecharacteristic subtlety of expression, mysterious-^ness, and very…

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