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Bernini and other studies in the history of art (1914)

Norton, Richard, 1872-1918 · New York : Macmillan · leaf 264

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cannotbe applied to his work in the sense that he was ignorant ofthe principles of painting as an art of expression. That inhis painting as in his sculpture he tended to overstep what aregenerally considered the proper limits of the art is true, butthis was due rather to great knowledge than to any… … Plate LIX. PHEIDIAS AND MICHAEL ANGELO 131 I have tried to show how the general beliefs and ideals ofthe people among whom they lived would have tended to dif-ferentiate these two artists one from the other in certain waysand to ally them in certain others. But different or similar,can it be said…

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680 · Giorgione, 1477-1511 · Sculpture

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