. Florence in poetry, history and art . ce, andwhich Michael Angelo himself had fortified inthe Republics endeavor to keep out the Medici. SAN MINIATO. While slow on Miniatos heights I roam,And backward look to Brunelleschis dome,Tis strange to think that here on many a dayOld Michael Angelo has paced his way,And watching Florence, in his bosom foundA nobler world than that which lies him, perhaps, the ghost of Dante cameAt sunset, with his pride of mournful me the twain, the bard and sculptor stand,With strong lip gazing and uplifted hand,The great, the sad, fighters in ages
. Florence in poetry, history and art . ce, andwhich Michael Angelo himself had fortified inthe Republics endeavor to keep out the Medici. SAN MINIATO. While slow on Miniatos heights I roam,And backward look to Brunelleschis dome,Tis strange to think that here on many a dayOld Michael Angelo has paced his way,And watching Florence, in his bosom foundA nobler world than that which lies him, perhaps, the ghost of Dante cameAt sunset, with his pride of mournful me the twain, the bard and sculptor stand,With strong lip gazing and uplifted hand,The great, the sad, fighters in ages past,With their full peace fill een the weak at last. —John Sterling. Sonnet of Michael Angelo Buonarroti: Never did sculptors dream unfold A form which marble doth not hold In its white block; yet it therein shall find Only the hand secure and bold Which still obeys the mind. So hide in thee, thou heavenly dame, The ill I shun, the good I claim; I alas! not well alive, Miss the aim whereto I strive. Not love, nor beautys pride, 174. David Michael Angelo Michael Angelo. Nor Fortune, nor thy coldness, can I chide,If, whilst within thy heart abideBoth death and pity, my unequal skillFails of the life, but draws the death and ill.—Translated by Ralph Waldo Emerson. One strong characteristic of Angelos is hisknowledge of anatomy, and his making use ofthat knowledge in all his work. In fact, hestrives to express all phases of feeling by anat-omy. He scorns clothing, as such, and holds upthe human form as something divine. Realizing that fact, we may be able to betterunderstand his Holy Family in the Uffizi, theonly picture in Florence finished by himself. Itis a work done in his nineteenth year, and is nota pleasing composition, either in its presenta-ton or execution. The work was done in tempera, a processoften employed by the early painters who usedfor colors the yolk of eggs—or the yolk andwhites mixed—and the white juice of the figtrees. Michael Angelo never used oils
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