History of ancient, early Christian, and mediaeval painting (1906)
Woltmann, Alfred Friedrich Gottfried Albert, 1841-1880, Woermann, Karl, 1844-1933 · New York : Dodd, Mead & Co. · leaf 398
s,is one of the most beautiful monuments of the art of the Renascence. The ceil-ing is elegantly divided into panels containing mythological subjects mixed withcharming ornamental designs. On the walls, separated by groups of pilasters,are ten scenes from the life of ^Eneas Sylvius Piccolomini,… … Fig. 291. Ceremonial compositions ; deep spiritual meaning and strong dramatic ejCpression were no part of the programme. Pinturicchio has l>ecn equal to thetask before him ; he could tell a story c learly and elegantly. Though united 364 HISTORY OF PAINTING, action and that solid individuality…
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