. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. ARPSICHORD HV JKROMK DK ZKNTIS, ITALY, 1^58 of this master of or-gans, as he was styledby his contemporaries,and it was for BeatricedEstes use that he be-gan to make those won-derful clavichords andlutes and viols that madehis name famousthroughout Italy. In hishands the manufactureof musical instrumentswas carried to the high-est pitch of grudged no laborand spared no pains tomake his work choicest ebony andivory, the most preciouswoods and delicatestrings were sought outIjy him, the best schol
. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. ARPSICHORD HV JKROMK DK ZKNTIS, ITALY, 1^58 of this master of or-gans, as he was styledby his contemporaries,and it was for BeatricedEstes use that he be-gan to make those won-derful clavichords andlutes and viols that madehis name famousthroughout Italy. In hishands the manufactureof musical instrumentswas carried to the high-est pitch of grudged no laborand spared no pains tomake his work choicest ebony andivory, the most preciouswoods and delicatestrings were sought outIjy him, the best scholarssupplied him with Greekand Latin epigrams to beinscribed upon his or-gans and harpsichords,in liis ojjinion both nia- CXIX The TJiorlcy Memorial H^indow terial and shape were of the utmost importance,because, as he wrote to Isabella dEste, Beautyof form is everything— Perche ne hi forma stail tuto: And so these great artists of the Renaissanceworked to surround themselves with all that waschoicest in art and fairest in nature. T HE THORLEYWINDOW M E ISI O RI A L. THORLEY MEMORIALWINDOW A BEAUTIFUL memorial window, inantique glass, designed and painted byFrances W^hite, of the Walter Janes Studios, hasjust been placed in the west transept in the Colle-giate Church, on Seventy-seventh Street and West EndAvenue, New York. Thiswindow is the gift of Mr. andMrs. Charles Thorley, inmemory of their flowing upward move-ment of the slender forms isbrought out by means of care-ful drawing and by free useof drapery. The wings in thehigher portion of the window-are narrowed for upwardflight, while a sense of sta-bility and form is preservedby the three kneeling trump-eters at the base. Decorativeeffect is obtained by the sure-ness and the restraint of themodeling and the brilliancyof the color. ^Irs. Whitesmodeling suggests only suffi-cient depth to give the neces-sary movement. The figures,which appear mainly on oneplane, do, nevertheless, keeptheir places one behind an-o
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