Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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... sculpture , - " the tongue on the balance of expression , " those forms in every action , at every age of life , rang- ing through all the scale of condition , from god to beast , and never transgressing the ideal serenity , but in ...
... sculpture , - " the tongue on the balance of expression , " those forms in every action , at every age of life , rang- ing through all the scale of condition , from god to beast , and never transgressing the ideal serenity , but in ...
Page 18
... sculpture on the friezes of the Parthenon , and the remains of the earliest Greek art . And there are compositions of the same strain to be found in the books of all ages . What is Guido's Rospigliosi Aurora but a morning thought , as ...
... sculpture on the friezes of the Parthenon , and the remains of the earliest Greek art . And there are compositions of the same strain to be found in the books of all ages . What is Guido's Rospigliosi Aurora but a morning thought , as ...
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... sculpture teaches more austerely the same lesson . As picture teaches the color- ing , so sculpture the anatomy of form . When I have seen fine statues , and afterwards enter a public assembly , I understand well what he meant who said ...
... sculpture teaches more austerely the same lesson . As picture teaches the color- ing , so sculpture the anatomy of form . When I have seen fine statues , and afterwards enter a public assembly , I understand well what he meant who said ...
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