. The art of the Italian renaissance; a handbook for students and travellers. s not only on tlic impression to be made by line, but also on theeffect of glittering lights, dark shadoN\s, and scintillating reflections. Workers in marble soon turned the reaction in taste to account. Theeye had learnt to aj)preciate the slightest nuances, and stone wasworked with unprecedented delicacy. Desidcrio carves his dainty festoonsof fruit, and shows us the joy of life in his busts of Florentine llossellino, and the somewliat broader Benedetto da Maiano,rival painters in wealth of expressi
. The art of the Italian renaissance; a handbook for students and travellers. s not only on tlic impression to be made by line, but also on theeffect of glittering lights, dark shadoN\s, and scintillating reflections. Workers in marble soon turned the reaction in taste to account. Theeye had learnt to aj)preciate the slightest nuances, and stone wasworked with unprecedented delicacy. Desidcrio carves his dainty festoonsof fruit, and shows us the joy of life in his busts of Florentine llossellino, and the somewliat broader Benedetto da Maiano,rival painters in wealth of expression. The chisel renders the soft flesh ofchildren as accurately as the fine veil of a head-dress. And if we look care- PRELIMINARY SURVEY 15 fullv, the wind seems here and thereto have hfted the end of a drapery,causing a pLiyful eruniphng of thefolds. In the perspectives of archi-tecture or landscape the depth ofthe relief is greatly increased. Itniav be said that all treatment ofHat surfaces shows a desire to leavean impression of life-lii<e (juiver- ing and treniblini. ol Ijuaring- Caudelaljrilm, by Luca dul]Robljia. The typical ancient motiyes ofplastic art are ^\here\er possiblechanged in style, so as to expressmovement. The kneelinij anijelwith the calidlestick, as Luca dellaRobbia simply and beautifully de-picted him, is no longer sufficient;he too is sunmioned to join in thetumult of movement, and thus afigure such as Benedettos Augel bearing Candelabrum in Siena is conceived. With smiling countenanceand playful turn of the head the little satellite makes his obeisance, hisdress fluttering in many folds round his shapely ankles. The higher de-velopment of such running figures is seen in the flying angels. \vho seem tocleave the air with a stupendous commotion of lines in their clingingdrapery, whereas being simply reliefs against a wall, they onh- simulatethe impression of detached figures. (Antonio Rossellino, tomb of theCai-dinal of Portugal in San ]\Iiniato.) The p
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