RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages |
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Page 66
... powerful episodes , each filled with numerous life - size figures . In the first of these Decius Mus , standing on an elevated plat - form , relates his Dream to his soldiers : in which he had been shown that the Victory would be given ...
... powerful episodes , each filled with numerous life - size figures . In the first of these Decius Mus , standing on an elevated plat - form , relates his Dream to his soldiers : in which he had been shown that the Victory would be given ...
Page 73
... powerful impression conveyed by the Crucifixion above- mentioned lies chiefly in the majestic repose of death , which raises the Crucified Christ far above all the griefs and the passions of this world . The artist again depicted the ...
... powerful impression conveyed by the Crucifixion above- mentioned lies chiefly in the majestic repose of death , which raises the Crucified Christ far above all the griefs and the passions of this world . The artist again depicted the ...
Page 78
... powerful imagination , has created great master - pieces , which , from their general conception and expressive power , from their colouring and effect of light and shadow , might even be reckoned amongst his very finest productions ...
... powerful imagination , has created great master - pieces , which , from their general conception and expressive power , from their colouring and effect of light and shadow , might even be reckoned amongst his very finest productions ...
Page 130
... powerful Love in a much more riotous and unruly manner in another picture , called the Sacrifice to Venus , now in the Imperial Museum at Vienna . Here we do not find as in the first composition ladies and gentlemen who in spite of the ...
... powerful Love in a much more riotous and unruly manner in another picture , called the Sacrifice to Venus , now in the Imperial Museum at Vienna . Here we do not find as in the first composition ladies and gentlemen who in spite of the ...
Page 144
... powerful in its effect is another rainbow landscape in the Louvre . Here the storm is approaching from a distance . Dazzling rays of sunshine are breaking through masses of cloud and scatter over a hilly country a vivid play of light ...
... powerful in its effect is another rainbow landscape in the Louvre . Here the storm is approaching from a distance . Dazzling rays of sunshine are breaking through masses of cloud and scatter over a hilly country a vivid play of light ...
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