Famous paintings as seen and described by famous writers / edited and translated by Esther Singleton (1909)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930, Morse, Alice C. (Alice Cordelia), b. 1862, binding designer · New York : Dodd, Mead & Co · leaf 144
ons of life, considered it this time as a pureabstraction, and, disengaging it from all secondary attrac-tion, relied upon himself for the task of formulating itdefinitely. The Virgin of the Chair is the product of theinspiration of a unique moment, and is like a ray of lightthat marks one of the… … Till; MAlHiNNA liKI.I.A M.DIA. THE MADONNA DELLA SEDIA I03 dour; and on the third the Sistine Madonna appears radiantwith celestial light. Seated in a chair {sediay one of the posts of which isvisible, the Virgin holds the Infant Jesus close in her arms.They are both looking at the spectator, and…
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