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Page 56
... paintings in sug- gesting varied levels of spatial depth , and the artist's only easel painting . While the statue ( " Madonna and Child " ) is blocky and immobile , the painting ( " Holy Family " ) and one of the reliefs ( " Madonna ...
... paintings in sug- gesting varied levels of spatial depth , and the artist's only easel painting . While the statue ( " Madonna and Child " ) is blocky and immobile , the painting ( " Holy Family " ) and one of the reliefs ( " Madonna ...
Page 59
... paintings were the frescoes of the Pauline Chapel in the Vatican , which still is little accessible to the public . Unlike his other frescoes , they are in the position normal for narrative painting , on a wall and not exceptionally ...
... paintings were the frescoes of the Pauline Chapel in the Vatican , which still is little accessible to the public . Unlike his other frescoes , they are in the position normal for narrative painting , on a wall and not exceptionally ...
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... painting was practiced with some proficiency , but the drawing is weak , and the designs add little to the ... painted pottery of the 4th millennium BC can also be recognized , for instance , in the sculpture of the Achaeme- nian ...
... painting was practiced with some proficiency , but the drawing is weak , and the designs add little to the ... painted pottery of the 4th millennium BC can also be recognized , for instance , in the sculpture of the Achaeme- nian ...
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