A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical (1881)
Chatto, William Andrew, 1799-1864, Jackson, John, 1801-1848, Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George), 1796-1884 · New York : J. W. Bouton · leaf 114
ENGRAVING. 89 the book under consideration it is introduced in every page, thoughmerely by courses of single lines, as may be perceived in the drapery ofChrist in the preceding cut, and in the trunk of the tree and in theserpent in the cut subjoined. In this cut the figure of Adam cannot… … to be a partner worthy of her husband ; and though from her action sheseems conscious that she is naked, yet her expression and figure areextremely unlike the graceful timidity and beautiful proportions of theMedicean Venus. The face of the serpent displays neither malignitynor fiendish cunning ;…
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