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 89
)])earance. Even taking into account the important effects due tothe light here, it is marvellous that the figure can look so motionless.This effect woidd not be made but for the clear relief-like breadth of thepainting. As a mass the figure is very compact, and can even be inscribedin a i-egidar… … Figiirt; if a Slave, liy ^Uchclangelo. MICHELANGELO 71 ease of this type of seated figure. Strangely onougli, we involuntarilvrecall a figure from the distant foreign world of Greek Art, the figure ofthe so-called Theseus of the Parthenon. The remaining decorative figures on the ceiling cannot be…
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