New-York tribune., 1907-11-24

through the exquisite purity of it's STYLE r.
this same purity is preserved with extrao-4,,-
pOise and precision of touch. The Petit r,-,.-'
is. in short. a model of unity in design. n, a,
In enforcing this fact Messrs- Arnott and WI
render. we repeat, great service. They -
architeCts-rnany of whom need the Ias.
just what harmony and restraint mean W..
their abundance of documents they r,aLo :.
point equally clear TO the layman, who ns-..-'
undertakes the building Of a house with o,I-
Crudest ideas of architectural style. Deci5.s
the publication of their work offers occasfo,
rejoicing Students will await with irn,a,,.-'
the time of its completion. when all OF the n,..-
be arranged in their proper order ana :,
authors Will have added the historical ana
scriptive text which they promise and wbich
certain TO be of high interest. Having dr.,-
well as they have drawn in the plates TINS -
published. they could not but write to good pu-
pose.
With his book on the North Italian nain..
Mr.. BerenSOu completes the series OF roa,., -
which he has attempted to catalogue ,,or. -
not all of the authentic works OF the Renai,-.-
masters. introducing his lists with ana1v.o-
the salient traits of the different school,
some respects this volume is more att-,o..
than its three predecessors on the works - =
FIorentine. Central Italian and Venetian no,--
ers. Mr.. Berenson has for some time nast -
struggling to cast off that rather peda1.i.
mosphere which he found so SATISFYING vrbo.r
first travelled in the footsteps of N5rarr ~
complacency of the scientific critic dies b..,
and the dogmatism which has done so r,ucb .
obstruct the appeal of this writer still crons -
in his pages. but his tone generally is more ~.
of the disinterested lover of art, concerned -.
/ nth ff, haar, e -,
with his own deftness in the game Of at,rb-
| tion. The study of art" says Mr.. Beran.o-
''as distinct from art fancying and fnr, -
biography of artists should be. in the first Ma.
a study of the specific ideas embodied in wort
of art" In the pursuit Of such ideas he wavs
upon this occasion. 50 earnest and SO svmps
thetic that. himself enkindled. he almost il ~
enkindles his reader.
( His Interpretation of this that master ia
again and again as humanity interesting as II i
scientifically accurate. Nothing could be betts,
for example than his brief study Of PisaneU.
and though in the pages that follow on Man
tegna he underestimate that masters Christi,
feeling his exposition of the full signi6eanN
of the classical strain in the painter is deIjca,
and luminous. He is capital at the diseptapy
ling of the qualities in a given picture WitDss
| spiritually conceived Mantegna at Copenhager
If you can forget the inane expression on tn
Saviour's face. and the perfunctory grimaces
/ the angels. you will be free 20 enjoy a desi-
that sweeps you from earth TO heaven but NJ
! on the pinions OF FAITH" When he compars
/ what Mantegna made Of themes taken fro-
Latin poetry with what many of the Tuscas
made of the same sort Of material he puts 4
point admirably. saying that Mantesna's pi-
B while the others are in pure Tuscan" He
/ positively charming in his talk around the wo-
Of the enchanting master of Parma. Sornewhs,
/ Sym0nds hUmorCuSIy glanCeS at the Young n
at the table d'hOte who is struggling with 4
| theory Of the Corresgiosity of Correggio In a
| course Mr. Berenson has come TO the old Z
and couraEeoUsIy frames his Theory Fn
not absolutely conclusive it has. at al even
| something to say for itself It is thus a
nOunced
| The more one reflects upon the 1rt n the s7a-
known the Eighteenth Century. The. more n
one ConCede its distinguishing trait t1 have 81
its SertSltlveneSS 70 the charm OF mere Femiliu-
pressed II in many a terra Gotta uEurlce which 81
! survives 10 delight US Then many centuries int
| manned uureCOrded. and until the Eighteenth CT
tury there was no change, except Tor one oeGl
that Yet sutticed 70 light up the whole sky. ~
sitiyeness to the charm OF fem.niuity was COrTs
/ gio'S distinguishing trait. let Us whether
offers the key to his successes and failures as 4
artist.
| In the pages that follow Mr.. Berenson do
very plausibly and adds something to our cI
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