The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 202
. \1 ■(• -rr---:-:- w^ m p: HP / \ ^^y --■-•-^ V- ..j FIG. 346.—JEREMLAH.MICHELANGELO. (Sistine Chapel, Rome.) unapproached in the history of paint-ing. These scenes from the Old Testa- ment, these Prophets, Sibyls, and seatedSlaves, resemble nothing the worldhad ever seen (Figs. 344-346).… … FIG. 347.—FETTERED SLAVE.MICHELANGELO. (The Louvre.) in which Michelangelo realised hisvision of wild energy and grandeur. Entrusted with the execution of thetombs of Julius II., and of the Mediciat Florence, Michelangelo carried thetruculent visions of the Sistine Chapelinto his chosen domain of…
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