Twelve great paintings; personal interpretations (1913)
Bailey, Henry Turner, 1865-1931 · New York, Chicago [etc.] The Prang company · leaf 62
an Indian summer afternoon,when all the earth seems waiting for a revelation. As I sat long beforeit, something of the peace that passes understanding stole upon myspirit, a peace that glowed with joy when I discovered that the lowlyportal did not give entrance to a darkened room, as I had thought,… … IX THE SISTINE MADONNABy RAPHAEL SANZIO At the Royal Gallery of Dresden in a small room, alone, is the /% Sistine Madonna. Its setting is an altar-like structure, upon I % the base of which a quotation from Vasari identifies the X. ^ picture and gives us his opinion of it: For the Black Monks of…
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