. The art of the Italian renaissance; a handbook for students and travellers. and Child, Ijj Ucnedcttu da Majanu. 50 THE ART OP THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE. ^Michelangelo at oncedherges from _ ,, representations bvtaking the Child out ofthe ^lothers lap aM]ilacing Him,? a^figure ofc-onsiderahte size aiiSstrength^ Fjetween Jierknees, clamberino- about. iMadomia with tlif JlOk. Utliuf liy .Mic1k1,i He ^^as enabled bv thism()ti^e of the Cliiljl,standing ujyi-ight , to give new in-teie^t to the group, andas a direct consequence,the \arietv of effect wja*also enhanced
. The art of the Italian renaissance; a handbook for students and travellers. and Child, Ijj Ucnedcttu da Majanu. 50 THE ART OP THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE. ^Michelangelo at oncedherges from _ ,, representations bvtaking the Child out ofthe ^lothers lap aM]ilacing Him,? a^figure ofc-onsiderahte size aiiSstrength^ Fjetween Jierknees, clamberino- about. iMadomia with tlif JlOk. Utliuf liy .Mic1k1,i He ^^as enabled bv thism()ti^e of the Cliiljl,standing ujyi-ight , to give new in-teie^t to the group, andas a direct consequence,the \arietv of effect wja*also enhanced bv theiui-equal le\-e] of the feet^.ofthe sitting figure. The Bov is occupiedwith a cliild-like game. l)ut He is serious, far more serious than Hehad been even when He «as in act of blessing. Similarly, the 3Iadonnais tlioughtful. nurte : none would \Xnture to address her. A grave,almost solenm earnestness broods o\er them both. This manifestationof a new a«e and reverence foi sacred thing> must be comjiared v ithtigiucs so fullv expressi\i of Quattrocento sentiment as the terracotta grouj) bv Benedetto da iMajano in the Berlin iNIuseum. Wefeel con
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