. Sketches of great painters for young people. en to an apothecary in payment for a debt, but itfinally fell into the hands of the king of Spain. For the Duke of Mantua, Correggio painted a num-ber of pictures on mythological subjects. Among themare : Jupiter and Jo, Venus and Mercury Teaching Cupidhis Letters, Jupiter and Antiope, and Danae, which con-tains two well-known figures, the exquisite little CupidsSharpening their Arrows. These pictures possess thegreat qualities of his work. They reveal a poetic appre-ciation of the joyous, unreflective spirit of the Greeknymphs and satyrs, which n
. Sketches of great painters for young people. en to an apothecary in payment for a debt, but itfinally fell into the hands of the king of Spain. For the Duke of Mantua, Correggio painted a num-ber of pictures on mythological subjects. Among themare : Jupiter and Jo, Venus and Mercury Teaching Cupidhis Letters, Jupiter and Antiope, and Danae, which con-tains two well-known figures, the exquisite little CupidsSharpening their Arrows. These pictures possess thegreat qualities of his work. They reveal a poetic appre-ciation of the joyous, unreflective spirit of the Greeknymphs and satyrs, which no other artist of his daypossessed. In them may be seen his marvelously skill-ful rendering of lights, shadows, and the tones that lie 86 SKETCHES OF GREAT PAINTERS. between these, producing the illusion of atmosphere and space. In these, as in other works, Correggio stands forth asone of the greatest colorists the world has known. AnEnglish critic thus describes the color in his pictures,— That cord of jocund color, which may fitly be com-. Gorreggio. Cupids Sharpening their Arrows. bined with the smiles of sunlight, the clear blue foundin laughing eyes, the pinks that tinge the cheeks ofearly youth, and the warm yet silvery tones of healthyflesh, mingle as in a pearl shell in his pictures. Correggio died in 1534, just as he was about to begina large fresco. His work is an expression of one phase CORREGGIO. 87 of the varied life and spirit of the Renaissance. Hisvery name, Allegri, signifying joy, expresses the essenceof his artistic nature. He was burdened with noweighty message to the world; but out of smiles, sun-light, and abounding life and joyous movement informs of grace and beauty, he wrought his blithesomesongs of light and love. His spirit was characterizedby extreme gentleness and mildness. He was modestin his judgment of himself and of his work, not car-ing for the praise of the world. He was content towork in quiet and seclusion, his only ambition beingto reach
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