Bernini and other studies in the history of art (1914)
Norton, Richard, 1872-1918 · New York : Macmillan · leaf 204
epresented the sitter as heappeared when employed on some one active and characteristicpiece of work. There is, for instance, in Corbulo none of theGreek treatment of the individual as a type, but everythingis done to make more prominent the individualities of the man.And just as the Pericles is… … Plate L. ART OF PORTRAITURE 89 feels that the persons are on the point of moving. Butnotwithstanding this quality of life which has led to theirbeing called realistic, the best of them are no more merelysuperficial in their realism than the best Greek busts. Neitherclass is vulgarly realistic and…
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680 · Giorgione, 1477-1511 · Sculpture
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