Bernini and other studies in the history of art (1914)
Norton, Richard, 1872-1918 · New York : Macmillan · leaf 50
been done be-fore, gives the impression of complete and perfect sincerity.Though unlike earlier work and though the religion that in-spired and made it possible has changed so that never againwill an artist be able to give similar expression to his ideals,still there is no ground for considering it… … Plate VII. BERNINI 23 must have in it some portion of ultimate wisdom. Silence orcontempt towards it, any feeling but of sympathy with it,shows not a better knowledge but a duller understanding. During the sixteenth century a great change had come aboutin the way men looked at life. Discoveries…
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680 · Giorgione, 1477-1511 · Sculpture
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