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almost carried to stiffness. Ilsuaii/ the/ are raising one arm so ns to
dispia/ the interior of the hand. Oiovanni, doubtless, attached some
m/stic significance to this gesture.
We have airead/ remarked that iris personages were nrucir more hfe-
hke when ire took tirem direct from nature, and that iris Lagii fresco is
muclr superior to iris pictures in distemper, Ilnlrappii/ iris frescoes are
neari/ all destro/ed, and tiris is tire more to ire regretted, ns the/
alone would enable us to appreciate irim ^'ustl/.
If we now throw a fiance on tire whole of iris work in order to assign
irim Iris rank amongst iris contemporaries, Oiovanni appears at once to
us as an artist trrmi/ attacireci to traciitionai s/mmetr/, sucir as was
taught b/ tire sclrooi of Oiotto, but, nevertireiess, seeking for nature with
more irdeiit/ ^nd precision, and aspiring to render ever/ figure more
individual and characteristic. He Iras frequent!/ succeeded in serious
expression, and even sometimes in making iris children's faces ver/
charming.
Ide certain!/ did not possess the science of drawing and perspective
to the same extent as lVlantegna, whom ire so much praised, nor the
gracefulness of kkancia or kerugino, nor the masculine energ/ of Ouca
Lignoreili, nor tire boldness of his friend Neio??o; ire cannot then de
exact!/ classed amongst the most distinguished painters of his time, who
made a fresh patirwa/ for themselves in art; but he is one of those
conscientious and skilful artists, who make tireir own whatever good the/
find, and whose works will be esteemed as long as a iove of simple
beaut/ is preserved among men.
Oet us then revive tire remembrance of Oiovanni; it is ^'ust to do so,
because of iris excellent works and personal merit, and not mere!/
because he was the father of the greatest of painters.
almost carried to stiffness. Ilsuaii/ the/ are raising one arm so ns to
dispia/ the interior of the hand. Oiovanni, doubtless, attached some
m/stic significance to this gesture.
We have airead/ remarked that iris personages were nrucir more hfe-
hke when ire took tirem direct from nature, and that iris Lagii fresco is
muclr superior to iris pictures in distemper, Ilnlrappii/ iris frescoes are
neari/ all destro/ed, and tiris is tire more to ire regretted, ns the/
alone would enable us to appreciate irim ^'ustl/.
If we now throw a fiance on tire whole of iris work in order to assign
irim Iris rank amongst iris contemporaries, Oiovanni appears at once to
us as an artist trrmi/ attacireci to traciitionai s/mmetr/, sucir as was
taught b/ tire sclrooi of Oiotto, but, nevertireiess, seeking for nature with
more irdeiit/ ^nd precision, and aspiring to render ever/ figure more
individual and characteristic. He Iras frequent!/ succeeded in serious
expression, and even sometimes in making iris children's faces ver/
charming.
Ide certain!/ did not possess the science of drawing and perspective
to the same extent as lVlantegna, whom ire so much praised, nor the
gracefulness of kkancia or kerugino, nor the masculine energ/ of Ouca
Lignoreili, nor tire boldness of his friend Neio??o; ire cannot then de
exact!/ classed amongst the most distinguished painters of his time, who
made a fresh patirwa/ for themselves in art; but he is one of those
conscientious and skilful artists, who make tireir own whatever good the/
find, and whose works will be esteemed as long as a iove of simple
beaut/ is preserved among men.
Oet us then revive tire remembrance of Oiovanni; it is ^'ust to do so,
because of iris excellent works and personal merit, and not mere!/
because he was the father of the greatest of painters.