. A short history of art . ite softness of colouring, which gives toearthly things a kind of divine halo. (Liibke.) Theyrepresent the spirit of piety, as idealised by the Northernimagination. But as the naturalistic tendency grew, this sweetness gaveway to the delineation of more ascetic types, and to a senti-ment of patience and endurance under suffering. The Ger-man artists began to be influenced by the NetherlanderRogier van der Weyden. This change is illustrated in the Betrayal of Christ, by the Master of the Lyversberg Pas-sion, an artist so styled because of his masterpiece in theMuseum
. A short history of art . ite softness of colouring, which gives toearthly things a kind of divine halo. (Liibke.) Theyrepresent the spirit of piety, as idealised by the Northernimagination. But as the naturalistic tendency grew, this sweetness gaveway to the delineation of more ascetic types, and to a senti-ment of patience and endurance under suffering. The Ger-man artists began to be influenced by the NetherlanderRogier van der Weyden. This change is illustrated in the Betrayal of Christ, by the Master of the Lyversberg Pas-sion, an artist so styled because of his masterpiece in theMuseum of Cologne. With the spread of the naturalistic tendency painting alsobecame influenced in its style by the work of the sculptorsand wood-carvers. The action of the figures grew moreangular; more angular also became the folds of the style is coloured with the feeling which, for lack ofa better term, is usually called Gothic, by which is alsoimplied that the sentiment of meekness or agony is apt tobe MADONNA OF THE ROSE HEDGE By M. Schongauer The Disposition of the Draperies Remains Somewhat Mediaeval andSuggestive of Sculpture, yet a Marked Feeling for Nature Prevails EARLY RENAISSANCE IN GERMANY 879 But a few artists stand out distinguished for more gentle-ness of expression, more ease and naturalness in the actionof the figures, and a suppler handling of the in these finer qualities was Martin Schongauer,who was born at Kolmar about 1445, the son of a masterpiece is the Virgin in a Garden of Roses, now inthe Church of St. Martin, in Kolmar. Schongauer was alsothe most accomplished engraver of his day. The best col-lection of his prints is in the Berlin Museum, while a goodone is to be seen in the British Museum. His type of theChrist is dignified, and his Madonnas and Saints are char-acterised by tenderness, purity, and reverence. He died in1491, a worthy forerunner of Diirer. The city of Ulm produced a school of art
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