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 300
s forth and is always accompaniedwith majesty. One would credit them with being made oflight and shadow. Life flows in them with brimmingbanks without the appearance of any gross clay. Enig-matic and mysterious, animated by a strange sensibility—Iwas about to say sensuality—they provoke… … I,. DA VINCI. ST. ANNE 229 violet drapery of her mantle. Her head, wound with thickbands of brown hair covered with a transparent veil, is ani-mated with a gaiety that is charming aiw full of youth.What is visible of her neck and breast is bare, and bare alsoare her feet. She is the axis of the…
Painting · Art criticism
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