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& ing air fills the mantle like the sail
I OF ship Her arms are Outstretched.
I with the palms Of the hands turned
I out, showing large, but beautifully
z expressive hands, with delicate, taper
I ing fingers. The head is lifted rant
urously upward displaying a throat
strong and full Her features are
Z large and majestic. It has been said
/ OF Iitian's conception OF the Virgin
that he had nothing OF the ethereal. To
him the Virgin was no angel in dis
/ guise-but a strong, happy healthy
woman. q woman above all women
giorified. Tltian's ideal may be COM
pared with the old Greek formula, "A
sound mind in q sound body" Some
even say that his Virgin is not unlike
Greek goddess in her magnificently
developed physique and glorious
beauty. Yet this group Of the Virgin
surrounded by beautiful boy angels
is but the central detail Of this large
picture. Above this group the heaven
" Father floats downward with his
angels to receive the Virgin On the.
earth a group OF the apostles stand
gazing after the recedfng Virgin. Into
this composition, as IN all his others.
Titan put his own grandeur. Whether
he painted prince or a pauper, he
reflected his own majesty.
Best OF Sacred Art.
OF ell the themes Of sacred art,
there Is not one more complete and
beautiful than that Of the Assump-
ton, in what Il represents and in what
It suggests The old painters distin-
guished between the Assumption Of
the body and the Assumption Of the
soul Of the Virgin The one represents
the earth and its sorrows, death and
the grave; the other, the pure spirit
Of the Mother soaring upward TO be
reunited with her son forever.
Thus the art Of Venice reached its
height in the 18th Gentry. The earliest
settlers there had been people who
sought repose from the terrible At
tia In 697 these colonists banded
together, made a manifesto, creating
O. Doge, or Duke, investing him with
the fuu power OF a ruler He was
president OF O council Of ten When
he was installed there was a grand
celebration The new DOge was given
q ring which he would throw into
the sea, swearing his allegiance TO the
commercial interests OF Venice before
any other influence. Venice. for a
great many years held herself aloof
from papal influence. The people
forced from their homes and habits
OF living, established themselves in
dependently, and so the aristocracy
sprang from a humble class OF self
made men. This iietle colony long
lay under the influence Of Byzantine
art and so early Venetian art was
very oriental very gorgeous nd /
elaborate The pleasure loving people |
with waterways for streets. gondolas |
for conyeyances, with z balmy climate. !
lived out OF doors most OF the time. /
so instead OF decorating the interior Of /
their homes and public buildings they /
decorated the outside with handsome |
mosaics This oriental influence had /
its beginning when Doge Enrico in /
1914. with the aid OF French crusaders /
captured Caustantinople. For several ]
centuries Venice was only an eastern /
art colony. until IN the 18th century, /
she reused herself at last through the ]
talents Of the Bellini family, and /
founded a school Of painting destined /
within the next 200 years TO surpass l
all others in brillfancy, and to rival I
that Of Florence in ability