. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. 4. clamber about them nor interpose between them with their accustomedgay assurance. The austerity of the two chief Apostles seems to holdthem in awe. The darkness which has reigned in this cupola for three and a halfcenturies, broken only by the scanty light of four small apertures, hasprevented a proper appreciation of these frescoes, and indeed, if we mayventure to sayso, of Correggiohimself. Thefamous PaoloToschi and hisscholars repro-duced these, aswell as all otherfrescoes by Cor-reggio, first inwater-colour andafterwar
. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. 4. clamber about them nor interpose between them with their accustomedgay assurance. The austerity of the two chief Apostles seems to holdthem in awe. The darkness which has reigned in this cupola for three and a halfcenturies, broken only by the scanty light of four small apertures, hasprevented a proper appreciation of these frescoes, and indeed, if we mayventure to sayso, of Correggiohimself. Thefamous PaoloToschi and hisscholars repro-duced these, aswell as all otherfrescoes by Cor-reggio, first inwater-colour andafterwards in en-gravings. Butmuch as we ad-mire their work,which is reallyremarkable, tak-ing into accountthe fact that cer- m <m
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