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EARLY ITALIAN PAINTERS.
rical figures above. Under Theology he placed
the composition called La Disputa, i. e. the argu-
ment concerning the holy sacrament. In the upper
part is the heavenly glory, the Redeemer in the
centre, beside him the Virgin-mother. On the
right and left, arranged in a semicircle, patriarchs,
apostles, and saints, all seated; all full of cha-
racter, dignity, and a kind of celestial repose be-
fitting their beatitude. Angels are hovering round :
four of them, surrounding the emblematic Dove,
hold the Gospels. In the lower half of the picture
are assembled the celebrated doctors and teachers
of the Church, grand, solemn, meditative figures ;
some searching their books, some lost in thought,
some engaged in colloquy sublime. And on each
side, a little lower, groups of disciples and listeners,
every head and figure a study of character and
expression, all different, all full of nature, anima-
tion, and significance; and thus the two parts of
this magnificent composition, the heavenly beati-
tude above, the mystery of faith below, combine
into one comprehensive whole. This picture con-
tains about fifty full-length figures.
Under Poetry we have Mount Parnassus.
Apollo and the Muses are seen on the summit.
On one side, near them, the epic and tragic poets
Homer, Virgil, Dante. (Ariosto had not written
his poem at this time, and Milton and Tasso were
yet unborn.) Below, on each side, are the lyrical
EARLY ITALIAN PAINTERS.
rical figures above. Under Theology he placed
the composition called La Disputa, i. e. the argu-
ment concerning the holy sacrament. In the upper
part is the heavenly glory, the Redeemer in the
centre, beside him the Virgin-mother. On the
right and left, arranged in a semicircle, patriarchs,
apostles, and saints, all seated; all full of cha-
racter, dignity, and a kind of celestial repose be-
fitting their beatitude. Angels are hovering round :
four of them, surrounding the emblematic Dove,
hold the Gospels. In the lower half of the picture
are assembled the celebrated doctors and teachers
of the Church, grand, solemn, meditative figures ;
some searching their books, some lost in thought,
some engaged in colloquy sublime. And on each
side, a little lower, groups of disciples and listeners,
every head and figure a study of character and
expression, all different, all full of nature, anima-
tion, and significance; and thus the two parts of
this magnificent composition, the heavenly beati-
tude above, the mystery of faith below, combine
into one comprehensive whole. This picture con-
tains about fifty full-length figures.
Under Poetry we have Mount Parnassus.
Apollo and the Muses are seen on the summit.
On one side, near them, the epic and tragic poets
Homer, Virgil, Dante. (Ariosto had not written
his poem at this time, and Milton and Tasso were
yet unborn.) Below, on each side, are the lyrical