. Italian backgrounds. 1 .« - ^^i __ iSij 1 ai. <- <^Tevx»TTK PICTURESQUE MILAN found his opportunity in the cupola of Saronno, andfor once he rises above the charming anecdoticpainter of Varallo to the brotherhood of the is as the expression of a mood that his power re-veals itself—the mood of heavenly joyousness, so viv-idly embodied in his circle of choiring angels thatform seems to pass into sound, and the dome to befilled with a burst of heavenly jubilation. With un-faltering hand he has sustained this note of joyous-ness. Nowhere does his invention fail or his brushlag b
. Italian backgrounds. 1 .« - ^^i __ iSij 1 ai. <- <^Tevx»TTK PICTURESQUE MILAN found his opportunity in the cupola of Saronno, andfor once he rises above the charming anecdoticpainter of Varallo to the brotherhood of the is as the expression of a mood that his power re-veals itself—the mood of heavenly joyousness, so viv-idly embodied in his circle of choiring angels thatform seems to pass into sound, and the dome to befilled with a burst of heavenly jubilation. With un-faltering hand he has sustained this note of joyous-ness. Nowhere does his invention fail or his brushlag behind it. The sunny crowding heads, the flyingdraperies, the fluttering scores of the music, arestirred as by a wind of inspiration—a breeze from thecelestial pastures. The walls of the choir seem toresound with one of the angel-choruses of Faust,or with the last chiming lines of the the artist whose full powers find voice insuch a key! The reader who has followed these desultory wan-derings through Milan has but touched th
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