Bernini and other studies in the history of art (1914)
Norton, Richard, 1872-1918 · New York : Macmillan · leaf 176
g scenesthe interest of which depends on the individual figures ap-pearing in them (not such scenes as Paradise, Hell or battleswhere the interest is in the masses and spaces), compose themmainly in one plane. Also if single heads be taken from pic-tures and from sculptured groups, it will usually… … Plate XLV. ART OF PORTRAITURE 73 of light and shade and expression that if given by paintingwould have been more successful because the latter wouldhave expressed the artists intention more clearly; and incertain of his paintings he attempted effects of form thatcould be given more satisfactorily…
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680 · Giorgione, 1477-1511 · Sculpture
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