Fry, Roger Eliot, 1866-1934 · London : Chatto & Windus · leaf 154
centrically around theimposing mass of the Virgins figure. The gestures interpretedpsychologically are not on the same imaginative plane as the designitself. Signorelli was ill at ease in interpreting any states but thoseof great tension, and here the gestures are meant to be playful andintimate.… … Signorelli. Holy Family Collection Jaquemart-Andre Plate X. DURER AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES* IT is a habit of the human mind to make to itself symbols inorder to abbreviate its admiration for a class. So Diirerhas come to stand for German art somewhat as Raphaelonce stood for Italian. Such symbols…
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