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playing at "giro tondo" under the blossoming sheep—reRected in the piacid waters running
trees—andwithother little:pictures. Thisidyllic through the frelds. The accompanying repro-
feeling found natural and
loving expression in the
patient delicacy of its tones,
which is a characteristic of
the best interpreters of
"divisionism." But the
idyll can become tragic at
times, as in -SW
showing a poor dying
peasant receiving his
in a hayloft
where he lies illumined
by the light from without;
or as in ,S^7*37zzg
which depicts a young
woman sadiy watching the
bridal procession of her
rival. But absolute perfec-
tion was reached in 7%^
J777*7V7- <?/* ZT/7, a painting
of most original inspiration.
Dante has sung to us of
the humbie sheep, and
what one has done others
do, without quite knowing
why. The painter has
suppressed the fold, cele-
brated by Dante, but
shows us the passing hock
of white sheep—with but
one offender, a black "LE MAMMtxE'' BY Gius<tFFE PEnzzA
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