Bernini and other studies in the history of art (1914)
Norton, Richard, 1872-1918 · New York : Macmillan · leaf 164
te a ruler or chief citizen, as in the case ofGattamalata in Padua and CoUeone in Venice; or they maybe of purely private interest and intended only for the eyes ofthe successive generations of the family to which the persondepicted belongs. But public or private, in the one case asin the other,… … Plate XLIII. 1 I ART OF PORTRAITURE 65 It is known of course that this desire for fame stirred thehearts of oriental potentates long centuries before the begin-ning of connected history. But in that classic part of theancient world with which we are intimately related, it does notbecome specially…
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680 · Giorgione, 1477-1511 · Sculpture
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