Famous sculpture as seen and described by great writers (1910)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930 · New York, Dodd · leaf 366
under the direction of Bertoldo, and whilst hischoice of a profession was to be a sculptor, he dili-gently studied the frescoes of Masaccio and like allother artists of his time, drew inspiration from those greatworks. It is remarkable that there should be no record of hispursuit of mathematics,… … DAVID, ACADEMY, FLORENCEBy Michelangelo DAVID 277 sorbed by the study of the human form, more exclusively,it appears, than was usual with artists of the time. Thisundoubtedly sprang from his devotion to sculpture. Michelangelo brought with him to Florence a greatlyaugmented reputation as the…
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