Madonnas robe and mantle arefacetted by the brush-strokes, like gems; they havethe spontaneity of a sketch, and yet are highlyfinished. The drooping head with its droopingeyelids is of a dusky pallor, as though full of anawful, inexpressible emotion. And everything—stairs, sky, the Madonna… … DOOR DESIGNED BY J. M. OLKK1LM From Olbrich Architektur (Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth). designing, and the whole forms a work of artwhich appeals to all ones faculties. The last work connected with Morellis name isthe fresco painting for the tomb of GiacomoLeopardi in the church of S. Vitale, in…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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