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 49
once broken with tradition in twopoints. He takes Judas out of his isolation, placing him among the rest,and a,bandons the incident of St. John lying on his Lords breast(sleeping, as was added by a later tradition) ; in the modern ^v&y of sitting \this incident must have always produced an… … The Last Supper, liy Ghirlaiidajo. tectonic arrangement governs him. But he at once goes further, and formstwo triad groups on the right and on the left. Thus Christ becomes thedominating central figure, differing from any other. In Ghirlandajoswork there is an assemblage -Hithout a centre, -a…
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