Bernini, And Other Studies in the History of Art, Issue 7445
Bernini, And Other Studies in the History of Art, Issue 7445
Richard Norton
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This also makes the fixed look more intense, but unless the light is exactly right it is apt to produce an unpleasant appearance. That an artist should do this shows the desire for dramatic, restless effects. The treatment of the lips and the part of the face about the mouth also suggests an expression not typical of any general trend of thought so much as of some momentary and strong emotion. Then the way the head is set on the neck and turns sharply to one side or the other can be understood ...only by supposing that the artist represented the sitter as he appeared when employed on some one active and characteristic piece of work. There is, for instance, in Corbulo none of the \ Greek treatment of the individual as a type, but everything / is done to make more prominent the individualities of the man. And just as the Pericles is not alone in its class, so too the ) Corbulo is matched by many others, such as the Julius Caesar, ' the Augustus, Caracalla or Antoninus Pius (Plate XLIX). As one looks at these Roman portraits one frequently / Digitized by Google / .
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