The art of the Vatican; a brief history of the palace, and an account of the principal works of art within its walls (1903)
Potter, Mary Knight, d. 1915 · London, G. Bell · leaf 133
placed him beyond all com-petitors, as far away from the striving and imita-tion of those who came after as it is from all who hadgone before. This so-called ceiling is not only the actual roof-ing. It extends down the walls to the line wherethe windows begin to spring into their arched tops.The… … DESIGN OF THE CEILING OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL Ubc Sistine Cbapel m leaves not one square inch undecorated. Unlike theearlier wall paintings of the Renaissance, there areno large spaces or even intertwining lines given overto arabesques, wreaths of flowers, fruits, gro-tesques, and conventional…
Vatican. Museo vaticano · Art
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