Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959 · London, G. Bell and sons, ltd. · leaf 52
ntrived in a more plastic way with-out going back centuries to those female figureswhich once were clustered together on the gable ofthe Parthenon. There was, however, no room inthis cartoon for the exhibition of skill in conqueringdifficulties of composition. It required scarcely anysubtleties of… … [Former de Ruble Collection, Paris. LKDA w^mm^m LEONARDO 3i would have enjoyed a superabundance of chiaroscuro.Even in its present unfinished state, it revels in everykind of affected and acrobatic contrapposto—as arti-ficial and masterly and wonderful as the most ad-mired of forensic Latin…
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