Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . earnest ideas of the oldmasters, from the giganticartistic progress of the earlyRenaissance, and lastly fromtheir own gifted intellects,evolved the splendid resultswhich will be the standardand measure of Art for a thousand years to come. They are Leonardo da Vinci, Michael Angelo of Florence, andRaphael of Urbino. Leonardo da Vinci was richly gifted. He sought to penetrate the secrets of Naturein all directions, and studied the laws of optics, mechanics, statics, &c. His mind wassurprisingly versatile. Wherever he went he attracted crowds of enthusiastic di
Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . earnest ideas of the oldmasters, from the giganticartistic progress of the earlyRenaissance, and lastly fromtheir own gifted intellects,evolved the splendid resultswhich will be the standardand measure of Art for a thousand years to come. They are Leonardo da Vinci, Michael Angelo of Florence, andRaphael of Urbino. Leonardo da Vinci was richly gifted. He sought to penetrate the secrets of Naturein all directions, and studied the laws of optics, mechanics, statics, &c. His mind wassurprisingly versatile. Wherever he went he attracted crowds of enthusiastic disciplesand was the friend of kings. But a strangely unfortunate star seemed to rule over the fateof all his productions, nearly every one of which perished either during his lifetime orshortly after his death. The colossal model for an equestrian statue of Ludovico ilMoro in Milan (for the casting of which Leonardo demanded a hundred thousand poundsweight of brass) was chosen as a mark to shoot at by the archers when the French. VIEW FROM THE BOBOLI GARDENS. FLORENCE. *75
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