RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages |
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Page 54
... whole , which , on so grand a scale , has never since been attempted . The number of souls is endless ; thousands and thousands seem massed together : and in both pictures the impression is conveyed Fig . 46. DEATH OF THE CONSUL P ...
... whole , which , on so grand a scale , has never since been attempted . The number of souls is endless ; thousands and thousands seem massed together : and in both pictures the impression is conveyed Fig . 46. DEATH OF THE CONSUL P ...
Page 87
... whole gallery of life - size pictures , and to supply them with the necessary variates of situation . If anywhere , it was in the design and execution of this Medici Gallery that he could give full scope to his imagination : and , in ...
... whole gallery of life - size pictures , and to supply them with the necessary variates of situation . If anywhere , it was in the design and execution of this Medici Gallery that he could give full scope to his imagination : and , in ...
Page 90
... whole work is one great thought , executed according to the spirit of the period , and is a creation which fully illustrates the power of Rubens , justly styled " the artist - prince of his time " . Maria de Medici was so charmed with ...
... whole work is one great thought , executed according to the spirit of the period , and is a creation which fully illustrates the power of Rubens , justly styled " the artist - prince of his time " . Maria de Medici was so charmed with ...
Page 98
... Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau ( Fig . 88 ) . This last - named picture offers once more a curious instance of those repetitions , which it pleased the artist to introduce ; -not however as a whole , but in the separate groups. 98.
... Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau ( Fig . 88 ) . This last - named picture offers once more a curious instance of those repetitions , which it pleased the artist to introduce ; -not however as a whole , but in the separate groups. 98.
Page 99
Hermann Knackfuss. however as a whole , but in the separate groups . Among the women placed by Jacob at the head of his train to inspire the pity of his brother's approach- ing host , in the foreground we may notice a graceful woman on ...
Hermann Knackfuss. however as a whole , but in the separate groups . Among the women placed by Jacob at the head of his train to inspire the pity of his brother's approach- ing host , in the foreground we may notice a graceful woman on ...
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