New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-04
HAND AND SOUL
~ DANTE GABRIEL RosSETTL

BoLuaggiuuta Urb!clanl' N4@oOJ
po,o,c any knowledge OF painting was and
belolc ,S,re were already painters III LICvd anu
tlOrenco No. yrho feared God ana loved the dIV'
lisa anu mon from Greece, whose utu9 ~ was ~
ING ~ own works in Italy anu UeaCn Ita'Ia"s ~ ~
sen s.o tbem had already iounu III iNdS u Ia
initiate ine That could forestal their lessons ana
SOL q IN, their labors more years imam Is P
befoIe the art came az a. os raised nj once by
eullneL,o ,oraries and which he stlIl retains 10
NE vtent even IN the modern m'hu' IL 10 oe az
oDted for partly by the circumstances Gnoon
couhteu ~ -. and partlV by that extraordinary
ose of fortune born with ire IVcs OF soislo Nv,
"a through which II Is not q Ht'lo tltlu- ~
,rbo vent before If they are even reileil o ~
VIM VIZ 80 tbe coming of such an one, ana Iue
oices which prepared his way IN lnt W.. . ~ ~
II is thus almost eXcluslN CIV, Ila' ~ ha,-e Iaft
1 20 w sneak are now known. Ihey nave leIO
49, ,5 Int little heed Is taken OF thaI "u!Su
mn hold TO have been surpaSSeG' ~ 800 10 - tbat
time gone,-a track OF dust anu uo"U '"''
merely lea 10 sn Of yery late years and in very rare
;pstances some signs OF a petteI uiI'oi .t. e
80 Leccme manifest. case IN point Is tIdv Vi
nav ,tT.cb and two crucif0rm pictures at Dres-
- Nv Cbiaro di Messer Bello dell Lrlhl' 10 WHICH
tba eloouent pamphlet OF DIT. AeihlnsIeT h Ts ao
length succeeded IN attracting ,nT stotif,,l work
Is another still more solemn ana DeaulVt ptfi
- nroved TO he by the same hand' IN lue w.
raiiarv M Florence. 1t Is the one 10 WHICH HiS
narrative viii relate.
This Chiaro delp Erma was young man Oh very .,
honorable family in AreZZoi WheTe' cOhCVI * ~
I'M
Jeavored from early bowl OOd toward Jhe Ihi'a'lou
of any objects offered IN nature. Inc eNIleihe loh9
inc after a visible embodiment Oh MS -
s+ren bened as his years increased, more SNtu
4ban his siuews or the blood OF DIS me- uHU,I nc
would feel faint IN sunsets ana az tne ST.,
statelv perSOus When lie had lived nlneteeI yCdI9'
he heard of the famous Glunta tlsano anu Ieoi,n-
,nuch Of admiration. with perhaps ulJIe Oh tH'i
envy which youth always feels until IL Mas ieaInyN
IN measure success by time and opportunity; ne
determined that he would seek OuV U'"4''' anu -
1,ossible become his pupil. n =.
Having arrived IN Pisa he clothed hImseII ID
humble apparel. teing unwilling that any o'A'
+bino Than the desire ne had for knowledge shouu
lie his plea with the great painter; ana 'n'h' Ic'N
inc his baggage at house OF enteItdihIH u,
took his way along the street, asking Wuoui u, me.
for the od ruc of Giunta lt soon CHANGED tAdJ one
OF that city. cOnceivng HIM 10 be STRANGER anu
Door took him into his house ana rclIesheu NM
afterward directing him on his way. ,
merely that lac was q student ana tha nor iiI- ia
The world was 80 much at his heart as 20 become
that which be- heard told of him with whom NJ
was speaking he was received with courtesy ana
cons dtTatIOu and soon stood among TIC WoIh9 Va
the famous artist. But the forms ne saw tl'I'
were hteess and incomplete and a Sudden eNGlta-
ton possessed HIM as he sad WITHIN himself j am
the master of this man. The blood came aJ hIsJ
into his face. but the next moment he was quite
pale and fell TO trembling. lie was able. however
TO conceal bis emotion speaking very uttle 10
Giunta. bat when Ia took his leave thanking nm
After this. Ch,aros first resolve was. that he
would work out thoroughly some one OF MS
thoughts. and let the world KNOW MN. but sle
lesson which he had now learned. OF now sulaI
greatness might win fame. and how Little there
was to strive against served to make him torpid,
and rendered his exertlOns less continual Also
Pisa was a larger and more luxurious cltv than
AreZzo: and when, in his walks. he saw tine great
gardens laid out tOr pleasure. and the neauului
women who passed to and iTO, ana heard the music
that was in the groves of the city at evening ne
was taken with wonder that he had never claimed
his share of the Inheritance of those wears IN Whlch
his youth was cast. And women loved Chlaro 1ot
IN despite of the burhen OF study, be was wen IA
vored and very manly IN his walklng ana seeing us
face IN front there glory upon IL as upon Jhe
face of one who feels light round Ills halI.
80 he put thought from him. ana partook OF MS
life. But one night beng IN a certain company oI
ladies a gentleman that was there with nm BEGAN
TO speak of the paintings of youth named bona
ventura. which be had sfen IN Lucca; adding. mat
Glunta PsanO might now look Tor rival NHeh
CharO heard this. the lamps shook before MN.
and the music beat 10 his ears. lie rose up, aIeg-
Ing sudden sickness. and went ont OF that mouse
with his teeth set And, being again thin his
room he wrote up over the door the name 81 Bona
ventura, that 1t might stop HIN when he wou4u 20
out.
Arezzo, but remaining IN Pisa, that NJ day more
might be lost; only living entirely to himself;
Sometimes alter nightiali, he would walk abroad
in the most solitary places he cOuld hhu; ndIuN
feeling the ground under him. because OF the
thoughts OF the day which held him in fever
The lodging Chiaro had chosen wa IN house
that looked upon gardens last by the Church OF
san Petronio. II was here. and at tins time, That
be painted the Dresden pictures as also. IN all
likelihood the one inferior IN merit, but certainly
his-whIch l- now at Munich. or The most part he
calm aud regular IN lis manner OF study
though often he would remain at Work through the
whole OF DAY, not rest NJ once so long as the IgAt
lasted; flushed and with the hair tIom his face
Or az times when he could not paint, he would SIT
for hours m thought of all the greatness the world
had known from Of Old until he was weak with
yelrnlng, like one who glzes upon path OF stars.
lie continued m this patient endeavOr for about
three years at the end OF which his name was
spoken throughout all Tuscany. As bis fame
pictures. upon wall-psIntngs; but ! believe that
10 traces remain to OF any of these latter He is
sud - have painted IN the DuOmo: and DAgn-
court mentions having seen some portions OF pic
ture b1 him which originally had IT'S place above
the high altar in the Church Of the CertOsa; but
which, al the time he saw II. being very dllap-
dated. had been hewn out of the wall and was
preserved IN the stores OF the convent Before the
period of DR.. Aemmsters researches, however, it
had been entirely destroyed.
Chiaro was now famous. 1t for the OF
fame that he had girded up his Ions; and he had
not paused until fame was reached yet now, in
taking breath. he found that the weight was still
al his heart The years of his labor had fallen from
him aud his HE still IN It's first painful desire
With all that Chiaro had done during these three
years and even before with the studies of his early
youth there had always been feeling of worship
and service. 10 was the peace-oherng that he
made 10 God and to his own soul Tor the eager
seishness OF his ann. There was earth, indeed,
upon the hem Of his Ialment; but this was OF the
heaven. heavenly. He had seasons when he could
endure 10 think of no other feature OF us pc
than this Sometimes il had even seemed to HIM to
behold that day when his mistress-his mystical
lady now hardly in her ninth year but whose
smt!e at meeting had already lighted Oh his SOUL
wen she. his gracious Italian Art-should pass
through the sun that never sets into the shadow
% tne tree OF life. and be seen of God and found
s"Du. duu Then II had seemed 10 him that he, with
I-' "'io since his coming. had joined the band
% =. TnoM ne was one for. IN HIS dream the BODY he
ndu worn on earth had been dead an hundred
3odIs, were permitted to gather round the blessed
H"i"el' iAd TO worship her through all ages and
Isgs OF AGES, saying, Holy, holy. holy. Thus thing
~ n4'' seen with the eyes of has spirit and in this
mug uad trusted, believing that 1t would surely
come TO pass.
Bat now being at length led TO inquire closely
mo himself, even as, IN the pursuit of fame the
unrest abiding after attainment had proved 10 him
That lie Lad msinterpreted the craving of his own
Ill hat a n,l,v