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 60
gethe composition accoixl-ing to simple geoine1|i-cal forms. But how looseis the eftect of the olderMork as compared withthe compact richness ofthe St. Anne group !^ Itwas^ jio__artifitic __ capricewhich led Leonardo topaclc more and moreaction into a continuallydiminishing space ; thestrength of… … St. Aiiiic with the yirgm iuid Infant Christ,liy J.uuuardu da ViiiLi. attained a perfect lucidity, and the chief motiye, the inclination of IVIaryshodj^-JS—hTesLitibl\iJiumau_an.d_Jjeautiful. All the lunneaning prettinessby which the Quattrocento was so often beguiled, has here melted awaybefore an…
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