. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 4q.— iti^j. Roiudiimint"' (Photo courtesy .•\merican Numismatics Society) such qualities. Instead, a youthful, robust exuber- ance embodied in a noble but superficially treated relief replaces the transcendental, thoughtful frailty of the earlier portrait. Giuseppe, with his >'oung and ardent temperament, tried to break away from the dominating personalities of his predecessors, and the first phase in his activity clearly reveals his tendency to venture into new. Fig. 50.—P.^PAL Rome, Leo XII, double zec
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 4q.— iti^j. Roiudiimint"' (Photo courtesy .•\merican Numismatics Society) such qualities. Instead, a youthful, robust exuber- ance embodied in a noble but superficially treated relief replaces the transcendental, thoughtful frailty of the earlier portrait. Giuseppe, with his >'oung and ardent temperament, tried to break away from the dominating personalities of his predecessors, and the first phase in his activity clearly reveals his tendency to venture into new. Fig. 50.—P.^PAL Rome, Leo XII, double zecchino or Leonina, 1828, Roman mint "» (Div. of Numismatics photo) concepts of content and form. Tlie coin t\pes of Leo XII coincide with this period. Unsure of his new methods and apparently dissatisfied with the results, Giuseppe remodeled some of his compositions again and again. The search for an adequate expression of his artistic ego, however, proved to be '" ., / Romani Ponlefici, coin 210; Serafini, pi. 162, coin 7; Davenport, European Crowns, coin 188. '" .Sp.\ziANi-'ri;s[A, / Romani Ponlrfici, coin 205; , pi. 161, coin 17; , European Crowns, coin 186. "' CM, vol. 17, coin 16; Ser.\fini, vol. 3, p. 377, coin 4. 24 BULLETIN 229: riONS FROM THE ML"SEUM OF HISTORY . TECHNOLOGY. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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