Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . ming such ideal consistories as those pictured by Dante in his description of Limbo, orby Raphael in his Sc/ioolof Athens. How glorious wasthat spiritual spring-time !While, on the one hand,Francia and his scholarswere multiplying theirsweet conceptions of theVirgin Mother in thecity of the Bentivogli, itsUniversity harboured thesubtle and learned Eras-mus of Rotterdam, andCopernicus discussed thenew astronomical lore withNovara within its his professorialchair, Pomponaccio sug-gested those experimentalessays which
Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . ming such ideal consistories as those pictured by Dante in his description of Limbo, orby Raphael in his Sc/ioolof Athens. How glorious wasthat spiritual spring-time !While, on the one hand,Francia and his scholarswere multiplying theirsweet conceptions of theVirgin Mother in thecity of the Bentivogli, itsUniversity harboured thesubtle and learned Eras-mus of Rotterdam, andCopernicus discussed thenew astronomical lore withNovara within its his professorialchair, Pomponaccio sug-gested those experimentalessays which gave such a mighty impetus tonatural science. At Fer- TOMb ..,. THE rALLAVKINl AT :. XdX^i, LodOvIcO ArlOStO gave rein to that nobleand ])rolific fancy which created the Homeric conflicts of Rinaldoand Ruggero, and the terrific frenzy of Orlando, weaving intohis marvellous poem the figures to which Boiardo had alreadygiven life. Antonio Tebaldeo trained the intelligent scions of thehouse of Kste in all the refinements of literary knowledge, the most. LOVE OF ART IN ITALY 21 brilliant of his pupils being, perhaps, that Isabella, whose versatilegenius and fascinating grace became the glory of the MantuanCourt, where Mantegna, Lorenzo Costa, and Giulio Romano shonesuccessively, where Bernardo Tasso found poetic inspiration, andBaldassarre Castiglione his perfect type of the high-born lady. It was an age marked by a magnificent outburst of thought andfancy; by a long series of victories in the domain of art and science ;by a superb efiflorescence of positive truths, and poetic creationshanlly less real and vital ; by a sumptuous gallantry of mannersnever before imagined ; by a scrupulous care of the person, whichmanifested itself in the wearing of rich and beautiful apparel, andin the study of a decorous and classic fitness of bearing, appropriateto every kind of pageantry, to pastimes, tournaments, and martialconflicts. Hundreds of artists laboured for the satisfacti
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