The early work of Raphael . isappointed suitors breakingtheir rods, and the fair maidens who wait upon the bride, are no longerisolated figures looking idly out of the picture. They are stirred bya common interest and united by one and the same purpose. In a word,Raphael has lifted the whole composition to a higher level, and trans-formed a dull and formal scene into a picture of the purest beautyand pathos. This, we feel, is the last word that Umbrian art had tosay, the highest point of perfection to which it could attain. And yet,strictly speaking, the S^osalizia is not the work of an Umbria
The early work of Raphael . isappointed suitors breakingtheir rods, and the fair maidens who wait upon the bride, are no longerisolated figures looking idly out of the picture. They are stirred bya common interest and united by one and the same purpose. In a word,Raphael has lifted the whole composition to a higher level, and trans-formed a dull and formal scene into a picture of the purest beautyand pathos. This, we feel, is the last word that Umbrian art had tosay, the highest point of perfection to which it could attain. And yet,strictly speaking, the S^osalizia is not the work of an Umbrian long as Perugino and Pinturicchio were at Raphaels side, he couldnever wholly free himself from the limitations of their art, but leftto himself, he went back unconsciously to his early manner, and drew hishands and faces and laid on his colours in the old way. It is singular howthis work, which was directly modelled on an Umbrian pattern, bearsmore distinct traces of Timoteo Vitis influence than any other that. ^\ WaterVC* yiicoynarriaatctihc Uirain. THE EARLY WORK OF RAPHAEL 35 Raphael painted during the year which he spent at Perugia. Thesuperiority of his art to that of his master was manifest, and when hewrote Raphael Urbinas mdiiii. on the cornice of the temple in hispicture he must have felt that he had nothing more to learn from Perugino. When the Sposalizio had been finally placed over the high altar
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