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" La Gioconda is, in the truest sense, Leonardo's masterpiece, the revealing instance of his mode of thought and work. In suggestiveness, only the Melancholia of Diirer is comparable to it ; and no crude symbolism disturbs the effect of its subdued and... "
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by Esther Singleton - 1911 - 492 pages
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Leonardo Da Vinci and His Works: Consisting of a Life of Leonardo Da Vinci

Mrs. Charles Heaton - 1874 - 392 pages
...writes of it in words that seem set to it, like the verses of a poet to the music of a great composer. " La Gioconda is in the truest sense Leonardo's masterpiece,...of his mode of thought and work. In suggestiveness onlyuhe Melancholia of Diirer is comparable to it, and ' 1 In the Visitation and the Nativity of the...
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The Living Age, Volume 128

1876 - 844 pages
...sense Leonardo's masterpiece. In suggestiveness_only the ' Melancholia* of Durer is comparable with it ; and no crude symbolism disturbs the effect of...We all know the face and hands of the figure set in its marble chair in that cirque of fantastic rocks as in some faint light under sea. " The presence...
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The Church Quarterly Review, Volume 1

Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1876 - 540 pages
...sense Leonardo's masterpiece. In suggestiveness only the " Melancholia" of Diirer is comparable with it ; and no crude symbolism disturbs the effect of its subdued and graceful artist has compelled you at one and the same time to look with a fascinated gaze on such beauty, such...
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The Church Quarterly Review, Volume 1

Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1876 - 542 pages
...sense Leonardo's masterpiece. In suggestiveness only the " Melancholia " of Diirer is comparable with it; and no crude symbolism disturbs the effect of its subdued and graceful artist has compelled you at one and the same time to look with a fascinated gaze on such beauty, such...
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The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry

Walter Pater - 1888 - 284 pages
...raising her, as Leda or Pomona, Modesty or Vanity, to the seventh heaven of symbolical expression. La Gioconda is, in the truest sense, Leonardo's masterpiece,...all know the face and hands of the figure, set in its marble chair, in that cirque of fantastic rocks, as in some faint light under sea. Perhaps of all...
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Specimens of Prose Description

Charles Sears Baldwin - 1895 - 212 pages
...heavy and deadly as small tired snakes. f. Xa (Biocon&a.1 II. a IRoman III. Sujerre.8 WALTER PATER. La Gioconda is, in the truest sense, Leonardo's masterpiece,...Melancholia of Diirer is comparable to it ; and no 5 crude symbolism disturbs the effect of its subdued and graceful mystery. We all know the face and...
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A Course in Expository Writing

Gertrude Buck, Elisabeth Woodbridge Morris - 1899 - 312 pages
...Lisa the following by Pater. If the two disagree, discover the cause, and endeavor to reconcile them. "La Gioconda is, in the truest sense, Leonardo's masterpiece,...We all know the face and hands of the figure set in its marble chair, in that cirque of fantastic rocks, as in some faint light under sea. Perhaps of all...
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The Works of Walter Pater, Volume 1

Walter Pater - 1900 - 276 pages
...raising her, as Leda or Pomona, Modesty or Vanity, to the seventh heaven of symbolical expression. La Gioconda is, in the truest sense, Leonardo's masterpiece,...all know the face and hands of the figure, set in its marble chair, in that cirque of fantastic rocks, as in some faint light under sea. Perhaps of all...
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The Bibelot

Thomas Bird Mosher - 1900 - 496 pages
...raising her, as Leda or Pomona, Modesty or Vanity, to the seventh heaven of symbolical expression. La Gioconda is, in the truest sense, Leonardo's masterpiece,...revealing instance of his mode of thought and work. Insuggestiveness, only the Melancholia of Diirer is comparable to it; and no crude symbolism disturbs...
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The Renaissance in Italian Art (sculpture and Painting): Milan, Perugia, Rome

Selwyn Brinton - 1900 - 362 pages
...del Giocondo, a picture which now hangs in the Louvre. " La Gioconda," says a great English critic, " is, in the truest sense, ' Leonardo's masterpiece...revealing instance of his mode of thought ' and work. We all know the face and hands of the figure, set in its ' marble chair, in that cirque of fantastic...
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