Great pictures, as seen and described by famous writers (1899)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930, ed. and tr · New York : Dodd, Mead and Company · leaf 339
s the representation of avisible fact has been predominant, the aim in the mind ofthe artist being to comply with some established conven-tional or theological rule. Only in one instance has the vision of heavenly beati-tude been used to convey the sublimest lesson to humanity,and thus the… … The Transfiguration. Raphael. THE TRANSFIGURATION 251 piece for the Cathedral of Narbonne, he selected for hissubject the Transfiguration of our Lord. Every one knows that this picture has a world-widefame j it has, indeed, been styled the greatest picture inthe world; it has also been criticised…
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