Seven angels of the renascence, the story of art from Cimabue to Claude ; (1905)
Bayliss, Wyke, Sir, 1835-1906 · London, Sir I. Pitman & sons, ltd. · leaf 218
he Immortals had occasionally descended fromOlympus to encourage them in their Art. Firstcame Phoebus—the Apollo Belvedere—to showthem the serene beauty of a god. Then Aphrodite—the Venus di Medici—to show them how lovelya woman could be. Then Herakles—the HerculesFarnese—to show them the strength… … MOUNT OLYMPUS in this—that they took the human form as theexponent of what they had to express. He foundthat they differed, in that through the human formthey expressed sentiments wide as the Polesasunder. Classic Art tells us everything that canbe told of the strength, and grace, and beauty ofthe…
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