Val d'Arno ten lectures on the Tuscan art directly antecedent to the Florentine year of victories; given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas term, 1873 (1891)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York, C. E. Merrill & co.; London, G. Allen · leaf 320
who startsforward adoring. All the light and shade is dis-posed to fix the eye on these main actions. First,one intense deeply-cut mass of shadow, underthe pointed arch, to throw out the head andlifted hand of the Virgin. A vulgar sculptorwould have cut all black behind the head;Giovanni begins… … aa >o
Art, Italian
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