Bernini and other studies in the history of art (1914)
Norton, Richard, 1872-1918 · New York : Macmillan · leaf 282
details ofform by which a date can be fixed. Furthermore, it coversthe head so completely that only a few waving locks of hairover each ear and the heavy braid resting on the nape of theneck are visible. This concealment of the hair takes away inlarge measure one of the most helpful methods of… … Plate LXI. CYRENE ATHENA 145 of the bound locks gave less chance for individuality of treat-ment than did the crisp and wind-tossed curls of youths andmen; still, even in the womens figures the hair very oftenbetrays the date of the sculptor. Few though the tressesare which escape the stern…
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680 · Giorgione, 1477-1511 · Sculpture
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