The midsummer of Italian art . prettyfaces, from a too severe tension. No genius can create a great picture or poem froma subject that is common or superficial. His plotmust have a deep significance, as the oak strikes itsroots far into the earth. One of the chief distinc-tions between Christianity and the more realisticfaith which it superseded was the abolition of animalsacrifices. When the Christians at length obtainedcontrol of the Roman empire, the pagans still formeda powerful party, and in order to conciliate themmany pagan observances were adopted into theritual of Jesus, but animal sa
The midsummer of Italian art . prettyfaces, from a too severe tension. No genius can create a great picture or poem froma subject that is common or superficial. His plotmust have a deep significance, as the oak strikes itsroots far into the earth. One of the chief distinc-tions between Christianity and the more realisticfaith which it superseded was the abolition of animalsacrifices. When the Christians at length obtainedcontrol of the Roman empire, the pagans still formeda powerful party, and in order to conciliate themmany pagan observances were adopted into theritual of Jesus, but animal sacrifices came to an endforever. Next in importance to the divine unity,and the precept of the golden rule, comes this re-lease of mankind from the influence of such brutal-izing observances. This is what Raphael representedin the Sacrifice at Lystra. THE BATTLE OF THE MILVIAN BRIDGE. The fresco in the Vatican of the battle betweenConstantine and Maxentius was painted by GiulioRomano and Pierino del Vaga after Raphaels death ;. DONNA VELATA, by RAPHAELPitti Gallery, Florence Raphaels Dramatic Pictures. 261 but as he was himself at work on the Transfigura-tion when the fatal illness seized him, it is presum-able that his sketches of the Battle of the MilvianBridge were made at some time previous. I thinkwe may consider the Transfiguration as Raphaelslast work on earth. Raphael had obtained a commission from the Popeto make systematic excavations among the Romanruins, evidently in the hope of discovering moreperfect treasures of Greek art than those which hadalready been exhumed. It was in this way, ap-parently, that he caught the fever which provedfatal to him. The Pons Milvius, or Kites Bridge, is familiarlyknown to travellers as the Ponte Molle, over whichthe highway runs from Rome to Florence. Thebattle which took place there between Constantineand Maxentius was one of the three most importantvictories of ancient times, but it is rarely mentionedbecause the history of the Roma
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