Sketches of great painters for young people (1902)
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and strong, and there is an expression ofdignity and power about the whole figure. The dogrunning to meet his master is full of life, though he iscuriously drawn, as are also the sheep, which look liketoys from a Noahs ark. However, these were among 10 SKETCHES OF GREAT PAINTERS. the first… … Joachim Retiring to the Sheepkold. This picture shows some of the ways in which Giottohelped to free art from its stiffness and unnaturalness.He discarded the gold background, and placed hisfigures beneath the blue sky ; he placed them in a realworld, with trees and rocks and animals about them…
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