. The art of the Italian renaissance; a handbook for students and travellers. vin Kome (S. ^laria del Popolo).0\S\S AND .S.^IXJS llie abatement ot earnestness oiconception and execution, which is perceptible in the Scalzi frescoes from about the year 1552;i onwards, doesnot mean that the artist was wearied of that particular task; for the samesymptoms are found in his easel pictures of the same date. Andrea becamecareless, stereotyped, c(jntident in the splendid resources of his art. Hisworks, even where he makes an ol)vious effort, no longer show traces ofenthusiasm. The biographer will tell
. The art of the Italian renaissance; a handbook for students and travellers. vin Kome (S. ^laria del Popolo).0\S\S AND .S.^IXJS llie abatement ot earnestness oiconception and execution, which is perceptible in the Scalzi frescoes from about the year 1552;i onwards, doesnot mean that the artist was wearied of that particular task; for the samesymptoms are found in his easel pictures of the same date. Andrea becamecareless, stereotyped, c(jntident in the splendid resources of his art. Hisworks, even where he makes an ol)vious effort, no longer show traces ofenthusiasm. The biographer will tell us why this came about. Hisyouthful works do not lead us to foresee any such development. No betterexample can be found to show what spirit originally animated him, thanthe large picture of the Annuucuitiou in the Pitti Palace, «hieh Andreamust ha\e painted in his 2-5th or 26th year. The ]Mary is noble and severe, as Albertinelli painted her, but the. i^iuattrocentist taste ilemamled that the .sword should Ije held upwards, Cimjueeentistthat it should be lowered. Sansovino here represents the old, Sarto the new style. Thesame remark may be made of St. Paul with his sword. A colossal statue, like that ofSt. Pitul by P. Romano on the bridge of St. Angelo, still represents the old type. 17(1 THE ART OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE - %. ^# W ?, lij ,\i llKIXCllUllt sluiws DlOlf <k- licacx ollcrliiii;-. TIr;ini;tlis ;is as lAoiiaidocDiild liaw made him,with all the chanii ofMiiithlnl rapiiiio in ihvhiiwtd and slin-hth in-ch nrd head. IK- uttors hisi;rcrting, stretching (uit hisarm towards the astonishedMar\. \\hih he heiuls hisknee. It is a re\cient salu-tation from a distance, notI the im|Ktiious (.ntranee ofa sehool-girl, as with Cihir-landa|i) or Lorenzo diCrtdi. Ihe angel comeson clouds, for the lirstI ime since the (iothic ceu-1ur\. riunnraculous is once more allow ed in sa(Med pittiucs. The strainof rapture whi
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