Great pictures, as seen and described by famous writers (1899)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930, ed. and tr · New York : Dodd, Mead and Company · leaf 203
gmatical beyond the usual measureof great men, that he fascinates, or perhaps half repels.His life is one of sudden revolts, with intervals in whichhe works not at all, or apart from the main scope of hiswork. By a strange fortune the works on which his morepopular fame rested disappeared early… … Monna Lisa. L. da Vinci. MONNA LISA I43 the work of meaner hands, as the Last Supper. His typeof beauty is so exotic that it fascinates a larger numberthan it delights, and seems more than that of any otherartist to reflect ideas and views and some scheme of theworld within ; so that he seemed to…
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