Goodyear, William H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Meadville, Pa. : Flood and Vincent · leaf 231
iticalforesight of the artist had its part in this allegory of theCaptives. Certainly their prophecy was fulfilled. Contortions and twistings of the human figure are thesign manual of the artists mood in most of these variousworks, a reflex of his own irritability and unhappiness.No doubt his… … FlG. 147.—Allegorical Figure of the Day, from the Tomb of Giuhano Medici by Michael Angelo. Renaissance Sculpture. 227 ness and simplicity. (See also notes on the Last Judg-ment, p. 155.) The grandeur of his thought and con-ception makes it impossible to reckon this mannerismagainst him, but it…
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