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Page 12
... whole , is neither satisfactory nor beautiful , but it certainly shows an original masterhand ; an overwhelming and exuberant power , tending to create exaggerated form and bold fore - shortening ; an inclination to fill empty space ...
... whole , is neither satisfactory nor beautiful , but it certainly shows an original masterhand ; an overwhelming and exuberant power , tending to create exaggerated form and bold fore - shortening ; an inclination to fill empty space ...
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... whole attention of the spectator is attracted by this figure alone ; for all the other figures are unimportant . Their whole attention appears to be directed to raising the heavy cross , and preventing it from slipping from its intended ...
... whole attention of the spectator is attracted by this figure alone ; for all the other figures are unimportant . Their whole attention appears to be directed to raising the heavy cross , and preventing it from slipping from its intended ...
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... whole altar - piece : First , as the Incarnate Son of God in the Visitation ; again , in the Presentation in the Temple ; then , in the Descent from the Cross ; and , lastly , as Ruler of the World on the shoulder of St. Christopher ...
... whole altar - piece : First , as the Incarnate Son of God in the Visitation ; again , in the Presentation in the Temple ; then , in the Descent from the Cross ; and , lastly , as Ruler of the World on the shoulder of St. Christopher ...
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... whole it is inferior to the picture at Antwerp , it has nevertheless great merit . Great attention is bestowed upon the figure of St. Mary Magdalen , for whom the artist having a predilection , created a special type . This attractive ...
... whole it is inferior to the picture at Antwerp , it has nevertheless great merit . Great attention is bestowed upon the figure of St. Mary Magdalen , for whom the artist having a predilection , created a special type . This attractive ...
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... whole of his artistic career , he remained so true to himself , that it is very difficult - almost impossible in factwith most of his works , to fix even approximately the period of their execution . Mythology always seemed to give him ...
... whole of his artistic career , he remained so true to himself , that it is very difficult - almost impossible in factwith most of his works , to fix even approximately the period of their execution . Mythology always seemed to give him ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Rubens Added t.-p.: Monographs on artists ... IX Volume 9 of Monographs on artists ... IX |
| Author | Hermann Knackfuss |
| Translated by | Luise Marie Schwaab Richter |
| Publisher | Velhagen & Klasing, 1904 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2009 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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