There are no formulary Baroque madonnas, prettily ornamental angels, or idealized saints here. |
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He may have painted Madonnas beautifully but his first biographer Vasari suggested his death was not due to fever but to amatory excess. |
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Thought for sure that Omar would win with heelflip frontside airs, Madonnas, roll in to lip slides and a huge bag of other tricks. |
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Amusingly, the personifications of both Honour and Pleasure have the faces of Raphael's future Madonnas. |
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Raphael and Michelangelo developed his compositional complexity, particularly in the pyramidal groups of Raphael's Madonnas. |
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But Crivelli's work, limited to Madonnas and elaborate gilded polyptychs, rather than the less remunerative work in fresco, reveals little sense of stylistic development. |
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Some works are examined thematically, such as his Madonnas, Allegories, the lost Leda and the Swan, and recently discovered sketches for the unexecuted sculpture Hercules. |
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A wholesome British name like Diana, Anne, Margaret or Elizabeth impresses a judge much more than all your vulgar Marilyns, Donnas, Madonnas and Dawns. |
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