Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . Parma ) CHAPTER 11 THE BIRTH OF CORREGGIO IHE LORDS OF CORREGGIO—THE ALLEGRI FAMILY ANU THKIR SOCIAL STATUS. ANTONIO ALLEGRI,commonly known as Cor-reggio, was worthy ofthe iortune which decreed hisbirth in the fair region we havedescribed, at the most brilliantperiod of the Renaissance. Tounderstand the nature of hisgenius and his character wemust endeavour to re-create hisenvironment, and recompose thathistoric atmosphere in whichhis birth and development tookplace, and in which his life-workwas some he has be
Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . Parma ) CHAPTER 11 THE BIRTH OF CORREGGIO IHE LORDS OF CORREGGIO—THE ALLEGRI FAMILY ANU THKIR SOCIAL STATUS. ANTONIO ALLEGRI,commonly known as Cor-reggio, was worthy ofthe iortune which decreed hisbirth in the fair region we havedescribed, at the most brilliantperiod of the Renaissance. Tounderstand the nature of hisgenius and his character wemust endeavour to re-create hisenvironment, and recompose thathistoric atmosphere in whichhis birth and development tookplace, and in which his life-workwas some he has been most unjustly represented as an isolatedphenomenon in art, and a melancholy misanthri)i)e by nature. This. lilOGRAPHICAI. FALLACIES 25 misconception was due, not only to impciicct knowledge, but [)erhapsin a still greater degree to the old i)iographical methods, whichloved to represent those whose mental stature was above that of theherd as living in a world apart, and divorced from all participationin the life around them. Falling into an opposite extreme to thatof the classic writers who imputed human weaknesses to their gods,they insisted on treating their heroes as privileged beings, unaffectedby those passions which governed the actions of their , poets, and romancers in fact treated them much as did
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