Donatello . Fig. 94. Apostles from the Bronze Doors of the SacristyOF S. Lorenzo. Cf. Fig. 92. (To page loi.) lOI. Fig. 95. Apostles from the Bronze Doors of the Sacristy of S. Fig. 92. (To page loi.) twenty times in thesmall relief panelson the bronze doors(—95). Every-where they stand with-out scenic surroun-dings , free in openspace, and yet it isperhaps here, that themasters narrative artscores its greatesttriumph. For all thesestanding figures whoseforms contain a hither-to unheard-of wealthof possibility of move-ment, are at the sametime actors. They meet, each pairs,
Donatello . Fig. 94. Apostles from the Bronze Doors of the SacristyOF S. Lorenzo. Cf. Fig. 92. (To page loi.) lOI. Fig. 95. Apostles from the Bronze Doors of the Sacristy of S. Fig. 92. (To page loi.) twenty times in thesmall relief panelson the bronze doors(—95). Every-where they stand with-out scenic surroun-dings , free in openspace, and yet it isperhaps here, that themasters narrative artscores its greatesttriumph. For all thesestanding figures whoseforms contain a hither-to unheard-of wealthof possibility of move-ment, are at the sametime actors. They meet, each pairs, like two chorus-leaders: their shields and arms are — booksand pens. The four large plaster Saints also carry folios. The youthful,curly heads, though, of St. Stephan and St. Laurence suggest no trace offaith in the letter and of sceptic dispute. They look about as freely andamiably, as the larger head of St. Laurence — an earlier work probably —whose terracotta-bust is placed on the cabinet (Fig. 40). They count amongthe blessed poor in spirit. But with their partners already — with St. Cosmusand S
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