Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 466
cetic ecstasy of suffering {Fig. 263).Such a caricature of the pathetic does still surpass the soulless rigid-ity of the Byzantine models, and has in it some elements hopefulfor the future. But this expression of sentiment cannot compen-sate for the lack of all feeling for beauty. This is even the… … Fig. 263.—Crucifix in the Chapter-house of the Cathedral of Pistoja. dent upon Byzantine models. Giovanni Cimabue was the first toaspire to higher ideals. Working towards the close of the thirteenthcentury, he succeeded in giving to his Byzantine Madonnas someexpression of life and soul. The…
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