, 1874-04-05

Afchaeectore, ano Foetry, executed soms OF tha
| waa like his art, simple, severe, solemn. snhz
lime. He stood alone among men. iso].ia3 h.
his genius and the austerity Of hin y;-tnss
II hare no friends" he once said: at naA1
none; I wish for 1one;" and vet it vaa in ".
feeling that he stood "alons before Heaven
The human side Of the niehtiest touches earth
and requires the support OF sympathy and fra'
ternity with mankind; and Mich&el Angel, con.
fessed yeArniug for companionship in hi, soD.
nets.
Not until be WAS verging upon old age did tia
| love and tenderness OF lis nature find : fttiDo
| object to rest upon. When he vas A yea-a o1j
| he met the noble and beautiful Ti.to,i. Colonna
| who WAS then widow, and in the decline Of ,fe
(she was 49, but still lovely in person a. veil =,
character); and, for brief decade, the pure aud
faithful friendship between them was to hint
priceless satisfaction One OF the most touctica
incidents in all history is the confession OF hi,
bereaved and solitary men, years a-ter Yittonsa
death, that he had never ceased to NOUN th.s b.
did not kiss her forehead and cheeks 2s .1eu Ii
her hand, when he went to her It her last hour.
The sonowful regret pictures life ninculasly
desolate OF the common solaces OF at1ectioa.
But
RAPHAEL,
the contemporary Of Michael Angelo, was, like
Mendeissohn, the famous musician Of later
day, formed to win and enjoy the love uf al
about him. His Was the ideal life Of IN Artist-
CAV, bright, sensuous and splendid. He earned
fortune and renoWn, and friends; and when ha
died, on his Goth birthday, al RoEos N-d Italy
rro,1rr, al for hin,
There Is tradition that
TITAN,
tho greatest painter Of tbs Venetian school,
made his first trial in painting with tho juics ii
flowers. Certain it Is, that, when ho Lid re!-
fected his art, he transferred their outlines and
hues to his canvas with exquisite accuracy:
Titan lived to be 80, and to the last preserved
his wonderful skill The pictures ha painted
just prior to his death Ara still grand in subject
and glowing in color.
After these four eminent artists hid pasaee
away, there was :
GRADUAL FALLING OFF IN ITALIAN LIT.
It is true that Giorgione Correggio,- e1uls
,ugly exclaimed, after first looking st tho St
Cecilia of Raphael. "And too am painter,-
Tintoretto I" u Fur;oso" f" from ths
1apidity and recklesanesa Of his manner ot pa;ut-
ing,-Paul of Ve1oneae, Guido, DomeEchino,
and Salvador Rosa still in q measure upheld ths
prestige Of Italian Art. But they and their fel'
1ows were no longer inspired by high rclgiou
feryor. They did not count themselves consa
Grated to their art. They cspired merely T.
technical excellence, to transient emine'co, o.
to financial success; and thu schools gradually
declined into nannerism and e1aggeration.
sF7Yv 7 f:Y
Art had history similar to that through
which it passed IN Italy, with some"ha' Later
dates and larger interval for development. La
the fourteenth century, tho Van Eycks ealnea
celebrity ~ oelng tie hrst to use Oh IN p'aee o1
size IN their colo1n- The invention Was uade b7
Hubert, the elder Of the three brotneEs- Ffo1
their tune on to the seventeenth century, F.ees1
at iB Illustrated bJ the works OF a"tase'
Memlng, quentin, Matsys, hen''4aae
Iamers Gather and son) "oaYs1mA.n'
Cuyp, Paul Potter. and Cornehaa ~
Heen. 10 mona OF these hare Ts apsce W.
special WORDS, although there is mncn Ii ~su
history sno AT that 70 could dwell oF'0 "''4
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