Twelve great paintings; personal interpretations (1913)
Bailey, Henry Turner, 1865-1931 · New York, Chicago [etc.] The Prang company · leaf 34
tself; no other painter ever charged a human figure with sucha burden of meaning. [22\ The figure of the Creator is no less wonderful. Perfectly at rest yettense with activity, it rides amid its attendants, supported by them yetsupporting all. Compare the foot with that of Adam. How living itis!… … created body. Compare this life-giving hand with Adams hand. Noticethe difference between the two index fingers; between the two thumbs;between the other fingers; between the two wrists. Here are the twomost expressive hands in the world within an inch of each other. But there is one element in…
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