. The art of the Italian renaissance; a handbook for students and travellers. )lanned a group show-ing the Pope laid to rest by two angels. The figure is still partly raisedso that it is quite visible; presently it was to be entombed like a This A\ould have been a inere incident in comparison with the wealthof figures which had been planned. AVe have, as has been said, onlythree of them, the two Slaves from the lower storey of the monument andthe INIoses from the upper storey. 1 Cf. Jahrh. d. KnnstxfimmlmKjen, 1884 (Schmarsow), in which the chiefdocument, the drawing in t
. The art of the Italian renaissance; a handbook for students and travellers. )lanned a group show-ing the Pope laid to rest by two angels. The figure is still partly raisedso that it is quite visible; presently it was to be entombed like a This A\ould have been a inere incident in comparison with the wealthof figures which had been planned. AVe have, as has been said, onlythree of them, the two Slaves from the lower storey of the monument andthe INIoses from the upper storey. 1 Cf. Jahrh. d. KnnstxfimmlmKjen, 1884 (Schmarsow), in which the chiefdocument, the drawing in the possession of Herr von Beckerath of Berlin, is ijf a Prelate, by Andrea Saiisuvinu.(The upper part omitted.) THE ART OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE These Slaves are fettered, less by their actual bonds, than bytheir structural purpose. Tliev Mere to be placed in front of pillarsand thev share the restraint of the architectonic form. They aresubject to a force ^^•hich prohibits any movement of their tense posture of the body, giving the impression that the limbscould not move from a definite spot, which is noticeable in the Mattheic at Florence, is repeated here with a more pronounced referenceto the function of the figure. The repiesentation of the gradual awakeningof movement in the body is misurpassable. The sleeper stretches himself,his head still languidly inclined; his hand passes mechanically over hisbreast, and the thighs rub one against the other. There is the deepdrawing of a breath before complete \\aking consciousness. The block ofmarble that remains unhewn so enhances the impression of self-liberat
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