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Passavant, Johann David
Raphael of Urbino and his father Giovanni Santi — London, New York: MacMillan and Co., 1872

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Bope in iZ12 vden Ke vas reinstated in tds government ok Florence; it dears
reference to Ldrist's vords, " N/ ^oks is eas^ and m^ burden is ligdt." Bour
square paintings in fresco adorn sack cupola, Bort^-eigdt of tds subjects are
taken from tde Old Testament, and four from tire Blsv; tde^ are often called tire
Bible of Bapdael. Ids paintings are framed in ricd coloured and stucco
ornaments, and tds pilasters are decorated in tde same st^Is. Ids vindovs are
vreatded vitd flovers and fruits in fresco, and beneatd tdem otder biblical
subjects, connected vitd tdose in tde cupolas, are painted in a gilt bronrs colour
to imitate bas-reliefs. Bapdael made sketcdes for all tdess pictures and
ornaments, and tde^ vers executed under dis superintendence. Bor tde Boggie
paintings, dovever, de merely mads small sdstcdes in sepia, leaving tds vork to
be carried out b^ dis pupils under Oiulio Lomano. Ids latter drev all tds
cartoons, and painted tds first cupola as a model for tde rest; but vs do not
lcnov vitd an^ certainty dov tde labour vas subsequently portioned out.
R.apdasl confided tds execution ok tds coloured and stucco ornaments to
Oiovanni da Udine, vdo dad been exceptionally successful in imitating antique
plaster vork, and Vasari attributes tde tvslve bronrs-coloured paintings to
Bierino del Vaga.
Unfortunately, all tde socle pictures in tins room davs been mucd spoiled b^
visitors scratcding tdeir names on tdem, and in man^ cases it vould be
impossible to judge ok vdat tde^ vers vitdout tds aid ok Lartoli's engravings.
Bor a long list of etcdings and otder reproductions of tde paintings of tds
Boggie vs refer our readers to Bassavant's " Bike ok Lapdasl," vol. ii. p. 168
to 17Z (Brencd Bdition); vs cannot do mors tdan mention tde most famous
prints after separate subjects in tde course ok our descriptions.
121.
Oov viviviito ruL Biom i"LO«r mr: vLLLtlLSS.
Bde Vlmigdt^ is separating dense masses ok gloving clouds. Blis attitude in
tdis and tde folloving pictures reminds us ok tds t/pe introduced b^ lVlickasl
Angelo.
122.
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Bds Bternal Batder is represented dovering above tde terrestrial globe, vdicd
is already covered vitd forests.
I2Z.
IltL 0k IM 8t7H lVIOOtt.
6od tds Batder, vitd arms extended, is bringing into existence tds tvo great
ligdts.
 
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