The Tuscan & Venetian artists, their thought & work (1904)
Rea, Hope 1860- · London, J. M. Dent · leaf 230
wavinghair; and the two masses are brought together by theoutstretched finger-tips of each, which all but touch.There is apparently no ancient symbolism here; there isno hidden meaning of accepted allegory. Michel Angelohad his own thought to express, yet, though devoid ofunderstood symbolism, it… … aa < S z;o Id THE COMPARATIVE TREATMENT 157 earth and heaven, lie apart,—but earth moves in its sleepof the unborn, for heaven is coming down to it; and,approached by the finger of God—the union is not com-plete—earth takes form and awakes into man. Above,behind the Creator, held in his other…
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