Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . it is possible to appraise it, in spite of decay and restora-tions. In the small portions that remain intact, we find a predominantpink tinged with violet in the carnations, for which there is absolutelyno parallel among Correggios warm and alabastrine flesh-tints. Yet Yriarte has the courage to write as follows : At the first sight of these little figures with their agile movements,their brilliant yet mellow carnations, and the play of light on theircontours, we exclaimed : Correggio was here in his youth, and thisbears testi
Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . it is possible to appraise it, in spite of decay and restora-tions. In the small portions that remain intact, we find a predominantpink tinged with violet in the carnations, for which there is absolutelyno parallel among Correggios warm and alabastrine flesh-tints. Yet Yriarte has the courage to write as follows : At the first sight of these little figures with their agile movements,their brilliant yet mellow carnations, and the play of light on theircontours, we exclaimed : Correggio was here in his youth, and thisbears testimony to his sojourn. In a letter he adds that everyexpert familiar with the characteristics of the Italian masters mustrecognise in these frescoes the hand, the grace, the soul, in short, ofthe great painter ! Blessed are the eyes which can see these things! We, unhappily,found the hand, the grace, the soul of Correggio conspicuously absentin these paintings ! Correggio undoubtedly worked for the Gonzaghi of Mantua, butat a much later period, and never in HASTISED. (Fresco VERONIC\ I \MP\R\- CHAFTER V THE TWO PRINCESSES ITR RFL\1I0\S WITH CORREGGIO AND WITH THF, COURT 1U\- iADELLA II FSTE. AS Burckhardt justly ob-serves, we shall form butan imperfect idea of theRenaissance if we ignore the im-portance it gave to woman, andthe rapid development of her in-dividuality under its influences.^Her education was the counter-part of that enjoyed by the man. From the moment that theneo-Latin culture came to be re-cognised as the chief ornamentof life, no reason could be urgedagainst the participation of girls inits advantages. As the wives ofrulers, and the leaders of court society, the women of the Renaissance^ La civilta delsecolo del Rinasciiuento in Italia, vol. ii. p. 165 cl seq. Florence, 1876.
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