Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 124
figures stand like stiffstatuary, unkindled and unkindling. The execu-tioners are ignoble gladiators, and the childs realmother is their mate. Neither values of plasticity norof force are accentuated. How merely mask-like are ^ This can scarcely be other than the work seen in 1512 bythe Anonimo… … [Ditblin Gallcrv. JUDITH WITH THE HEAD OF HOLOFERNES ANDREA MANTEGNA 59 most of the faces! How little life there is in anyjoint! On the other hand, the contours are cleanand precise, and the line by itself has great beauty.Note the hair of the executioners, and the linealeffect of the young guards…
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