The art of the Italian renaissance; a handbook for students and travellers (1903)
Wölfflin, Heinrich, 1864-1945, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · New York, G. P. Putnam's sons; London, W. Heinemann · leaf 157
raordinary efforts to realise the expressive drawing of Raphael. He extracted an un-expected wealth of form from the picture, but the charm of the whole has suffered, and inplaces his very conscientiousness has resulted in absolute ugliness. Instead of the luminousvapour he gives us a blurred… … The Traii^fiyiiratiMii, li\ (_.iij\.\niii Bellini. Lord and His companions the threo prostrate figures of the dazzleddisciples. But there was an earlier, more ideal scheme, according to whichChiist did not stand on the groinid, but was represented in a nimbusraised aliove the earth. Perugino had…
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