The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 184
FIG. 303.—THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI.LEONARDO DA VINCI. (Fragment of a Drawing in the Louvre.) Modern restorers are not responsiblefor this. Leonardo did nothing withsimplicity. His oil-painting was acomplicated amalgam predestined toscale and blacken. Nevertheless, theVirgin among the Rocks and the … FIG. 304. THE MARRIAGE OF THE VIRGIN. LUINI. (Fresco in the Church of Saronno.) Gioconda suffice to give the measureof his genius. Leonardo, unlike his master Verroc-chio, his contemporary, Botticelli, andthe great Florentines of the fifteenthcentury in general, sought to express i6s THE STORY OF…
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