The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 201
FIG. 342. PIETA. MICHELANGELO. (St. Peters, Rome.)(Photo, by Anderson.) at Florence (1504). The David, amasterpiece of anatomy, seems to somecritics to offend against taste, but thetwo Madonnas are admirable, and … PG. 34J. HEAD OF THE DAVID. MICHELANGELO. (Academy, Florence.) reveal a great genius already mature.Michelangelo boldly placed the naked body of Jesus on the knees of a drapedMadonna, winning a very strikingeffect from this contrast. The Virginsuffers in silence; she is too proudand too majestic…
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