The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 164
to, by Alinari.) the lines, a something we might calltheir quality. Why is it that the copyof a masterpiece is rarely itself amasterpiece ? It is because the personalsentiment of a great artist manifestsitself not only in the invention anddisposition of the figures, but in theinfinitely subtle… … FIG. 260.—ADAM AND EVE.JACOPO DELLA QUERCIA. (Church of San Petronio, Bologna.) Berenson, calls tactile values, that isto say, the almost imperceptible quiverof life, the effect of which on the eyeis analogous to that of living fleshagainst the finger-tips. An artist ofgenius has the faculty of…
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