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 87
the bronzenedallions between them, and seems about to garland it «ith festoons ofruit. These are the so-called Slaves. Drawn on a smaller scale than therophets, their part in the tectonic scheme is to furnish a freely tieatedinial to the pillars. As crowning figures they display the greatest… … Figures of Slaves, by Michelangelo. (From the first gioup.) low seats. Tliev are also—and this is the most important point—nudefigures. ^Michelangelo wished for once to treat the nude to his heartscontent. Once more he entered the domain which he had trodden in hiscartoon of the Bathing Soldiav.…
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