Bernini and other studies in the history of art (1914)
Norton, Richard, 1872-1918 · New York : Macmillan · leaf 246
He is seated forward on histhrone, and holds one raised knee between his clasped hands.Such an attitude, so lacking in grandeur, so suggestive of rest-lessness, is well suited to the fiery God of Battles and showshow free and ungoverned by conventions Pheidias could be. ^ The recent discovery of a… … Plate LVI. PHEIDIAS AND MICHAEL ANGELO 119 The group as a whole is a perfect expression of the power ofthe master, to be simple as a child in this treatment of theOlympians and yet never to fail to produce work of supremebeauty. This simplicity one notices in all Pheidian work, separat-ing it…
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680 · Giorgione, 1477-1511 · Sculpture
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