Art: The Renaissance, the Baroque, the modern worldPrentice-Hall, 1985 - Art |
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... clouds , and frosty cloud banks pile up , within which crowd angelic heads . The fig- ures have already begun to assume the attenuated proportions of those in El Greco's later work , and light , from no visible source , seems to origi ...
... clouds , and frosty cloud banks pile up , within which crowd angelic heads . The fig- ures have already begun to assume the attenuated proportions of those in El Greco's later work , and light , from no visible source , seems to origi ...
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... clouds allegorical figures weave a crown of laurels ( a reference to Urban's poetic accomplishments ) about the bees in space ; still others uphold the papal keys and tiara , into the latter of which the perspective permits us to look ...
... clouds allegorical figures weave a crown of laurels ( a reference to Urban's poetic accomplishments ) about the bees in space ; still others uphold the papal keys and tiara , into the latter of which the perspective permits us to look ...
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... clouds and water , save for two sloops whose slack sails , spread to catch the slight breeze , move slowly into the luminous area of cloud toward the center , reflected in the water below . People are mere spots , as are the low ...
... clouds and water , save for two sloops whose slack sails , spread to catch the slight breeze , move slowly into the luminous area of cloud toward the center , reflected in the water below . People are mere spots , as are the low ...
Contents
The Pioneers The Mexicans Abstract Expressionism The Reaction Against | 956 |
Richardson Sullivan and the Chicago School Art Nouveau and Expressionist | 965 |
GLOSSARY | 977 |
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