Lives of the most eminent painters, sculptors & architects (1912)
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574, De Vere, Gaston du C · London, Macmillan and co. ld. & The Medici society, ld. · leaf 391
e knew thatthey cannot be made to stand out from the surface without shadows,which, if they are too dark, remain indistinct, while, if they are delicate,they have no force, he was eager to combine this delicacy with a certainmethod of treatment to which up to that time, so it seemed to him, arthad… … MARIOTTO ALBERTINELLI : THE SALUTATION(Florence: Uffiai, 1259. Panel) MARIOTTO ALBERtlNELLI 169 figure of God the Father, which is in the sky, and in some Uttle children,who stand out from the panel in strong relief against a dark backgroundin perspective that he made there with a ceiling in the…
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