Handbook of Historic Schools of Painting
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His shadows are wonderfully transparent, so that one seems really to look through them and to see the texture of the flesh. In grace of motion and softness of outline, he sur- passed all rivals, including Raphael, and this quality (luscious refinement, Mr. Ruskin calls it) has caused his best paintings to be as prized and costly as the easel-pictures of Raphael. In one respect, however, he fell far below that great LOMBARD SCHOOL. ^J master ; all his thoughts seem to have been given to the pict...uring of human beauty, while Raphael strove to picture a divine beauty, speaking through the human. To Correggio's honor, be it said, however, that though his Madonnas and angels, as well as his heathen goddesses, are por- trayed with a human beauty, which seems to be their all, yet it is a sweet and innocent beauty, and never partakes, in the slightest degree, of coarseness. It is said, that when Titian first saw the works of this artist, he exclaimed, "Were I not Titian, I would wish to be Correggio.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
His shadows are wonderfully transparent, so that one seems really to look through them and to see the texture of the flesh. In grace of motion and softness of outline, he sur- passed all rivals, including Raphael, and this quality (luscious refinement, Mr. Ruskin calls it) has caused his best paintings to be as prized and costly as the easel-pictures of Raphael. In one respect, however, he fell far below that great LOMBARD SCHOOL. ^J master ; all his thoughts seem to have been given to the pict...uring of human beauty, while Raphael strove to picture a divine beauty, speaking through the human. To Correggio's honor, be it said, however, that though his Madonnas and angels, as well as his heathen goddesses, are por- trayed with a human beauty, which seems to be their all, yet it is a sweet and innocent beauty, and never partakes, in the slightest degree, of coarseness. It is said, that when Titian first saw the works of this artist, he exclaimed, "Were I not Titian, I would wish to be Correggio.
What to read after Handbook of Historic Schools of Painting?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Deristhe Levinte Hoyt to read onlineMoreLess
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