. The cicerone: an art guide to painting in Italy for the use of travellers and students; . in it. But the supernatural comes eveninto the lonely cloister cell, entersinto the existence of a single holyman. Here, in inclosed spaces, thelocal realisation is as a rule verydisturbing. It would sound likemockery if we were to test the bestpictures of their kind on this point,and especially to describe exactlythe actions of the angels here soaltogether without g6iie. (Pmaco-teca of Bologna, S. Antony of/Padua, kissing the foot of theBambino, by Elisdbetta Sirani; Ma^giore, at Bologna, gfo
. The cicerone: an art guide to painting in Italy for the use of travellers and students; . in it. But the supernatural comes eveninto the lonely cloister cell, entersinto the existence of a single holyman. Here, in inclosed spaces, thelocal realisation is as a rule verydisturbing. It would sound likemockery if we were to test the bestpictures of their kind on this point,and especially to describe exactlythe actions of the angels here soaltogether without g6iie. (Pmaco-teca of Bologna, S. Antony of/Padua, kissing the foot of theBambino, by Elisdbetta Sirani; Ma^giore, at Bologna, gfourth altar on the right. Christappearing to Giovanni da S. Fa-condo, by Oavedone.) If a rudernaturalist, as for instance Spagno-letto, altogether leaves out thevisionary element, there comes outat least an innocent genre picture;his S. Stanislas Kostka (Pal. Bor-hghese) is a simple young seminarist,who has had a child laid on hisarm, and is now amiably watchinghow it catches hold of his coUar. The Madonna floating uponclouds is at this period hardly tobe distinguished from the Assiuup-. o a a o s Cutpolas and Ceiling Pictures. 247 tion, the Virgin mounting towardsheaven. (How clearly had Titiandescribed the Virgin in the As-sumption !) Now, besides, certainpictures are expressly painted asAscensions into Heaven. So thecolossal picture by Chiido in S. aAmlrogio at Genoa (high altaron the right)—one of those mas-terpieces which leave one the Assumptions of Agostmo andAimibale Caracci in the Pinacoteca b at Bologna, the first and most im-portant is an example of the reali-zation in a local space of the super-natural: the upwards is madeobvious by making the Madonnalie in an oblique position upon abeautiful group of angels; happilythe head also gives the beautifulimpression of longing, losing itselfin delight. The Apostles collectedbelow at the tomb seldom rise toany pure iospiration. Single altar-pieces are also quitefilled up with the Glory. In S. c Paolo at Bologna (se
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