Pictures and their painters; the history of painting (1907)
Bryant, Lorinda Munson, 1855- · New York: John Lane Co. · leaf 94
nter of Italywho understood the thoughts of the heathen and Christiansequally, and could in a measure paint Ijoth Aphrodite and theMadonna. While he had little knowledge of the anatomv of BOTTICELLI 65 the human body, he was almost a perfect draughtsman. Onecritic says that he is one of the… … Fig. 46.—Botticelli. Coronation of the Virgin. Uffizi, Florence. surpasses his other work. Vasari speaks of his Calumn} ofApelles as as fine a production as possible. The spirit of melancholy that is so marked a feature in hisMadonnas is very apparent in his Coronation of the Mrgin(Fig. 46), in the…
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