Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882 · New York : Hurd and Houghton ; Cambridge [Mass.] : Riverside Press · leaf 262
as. The human has never been ren-dered so visible under the mask that covers it. Lines simple or involved, abrupt or blended to-gether, light and shadow, adapted to the tempera- PAINTING, 235 ment of the individual, coloring vigorous or tender,brilliant or subdued, dress careless or severe, the… … PORTRAIT BV HOLBEIN. the persons represented, sometimes according to hisown genius. Leonardo da Vinci veils in loving half-tints the portrait of Mona Lisa, the beautifulwoman with the reserved, yet provoking smile, themagnetic eye. He envelops her in a harmony of aminor key, that the blending of…
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