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The Venetian School of Painting (1912)

Phillipps, Evelyn March, d. 1915 · London : Macmillan and Co., limited · leaf 92

An illustration from The Venetian School of Painting, 1912, leaf 92
, and the scene is a united one. TheMadonnas outstretched hand, the suggestion of Ecce Agnus Dei,* makes an appeal whichdraws the attention of all the saints to one point,and it is made plain that the one idea pervadesthe entire assembly. The curtain, whichsymbolises the sanctuary, still hangs… … ^ ooo o WU w ALVISE VIVARINI sky. The forms are characteristic of his idea ofdrawing the human figure ; they have the longthighs with the knees low down, which weare accustomed to find, and he constructs avery fine and sharply contrasted scheme of lightand shade. There is no trace of the…

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