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 36
were men of quite distincttemperaments, the Frate with his broad laugh and his uniformlygood-tempered pleasure in the things of this world, and Botticelli, impetu-ous, fiery, full of suppressed emotion, an artist to whom the superficialelements of painting appealed but little, who found expression… … PRELIMINARY SURVEY 10 the sad and heavy eyes ; how different is liis outlook from FiHppos con-tented twinkle. His saints are not healthy beings with whom all goeswell ; he gives his Jerome the consuming tire of the spirit, and he thrillsus with the expression of rapture and asceticism in his…
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