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Ii.—Female Artists. By An Italian.
ideal , asdidFra Angelico , ( 4 ) Bartolommeo , and Raphael . ( 5 ) He seeks purel it piece objectiv -meal e in unity his . models Art deprived , and reduces of intrinsic the si many gnification fractions , becomes to a
merely from y its erudite decline and when graceful we . see The the rise artist of art , alread may y be steeped distinguished in the
, ideal , seeking to realise it in nature . In the retrogressive vain stage search , the artist after , the alread ideal y — master vain of because nature he , wearies is incapable himself either in of a
, seeing or feeling it . We said that in this stage , art becomes erudite ; this is the moment of criticism , of analysis . Sentiment
and fantasy , the true sources of inspiring faith , are succeeded and overpowered analyses . Precep by pure ts are reason substituted , which is for doubts facts , discusses ; the the science , investi of Albert of gates art ,
takes and Durer of , the of Mengs Brunelleschi place . of Indeed art , , itself of so Rap great . hael It is , but the no irresistible of longer importance Winkelman influence and age , of efficacy Milizia the of ,
the ideal in art , that it exercises an on form . So much so , that , where it is wanting , artistic science is insufficient to conservefor length of timebeauty of form . In
truth , this period is of , short any duration . Shortl , y after the Caracci , we see that mannerism begins , and soon drawing loses its purity ;
there is great acquaintance with anatomy , but it has no power of confused giving life ; ; the the coloring compositio languid n is labored or overcharged , and if comp with lex garish is irretrievabl lights and y
black shades . True it iseven in times like these , we see here and there a powerful genius—for , example , Lanfranco , Salmeggia , Cortona , the
Tiepolo worseknows , and A how ppiani to , — make who , head while against drifting the with current the tide , towards and is still
, keen to discern the sentiment of beauty . From the time when art bto approach its highest perfection ,
we constantlfind in the noble egan rank of its priesthood , not a few Italian women y . Some of them stood confessed among the greatest it
of their timeand earned the admiration of posterity ; and may be useful for us , to regard their works from the point of view which of the
we have endeavored to indicate . The poets and historians sixteenth century vied with each other in extolling to art that and band letters of
female artists and literati , whose noble homage conferred honor alike on their sex and their father-land . The divine Ariostowho ersonallknew many of these women , says : —
, p 4 i Le donne y son venute in eccellenza , Di eiaseun' arte ov' hanno posto cura . " ( 6 )
live ( 4 in ) Fra the Angelieo lation said that of Christ " the " man He who never painted began Christ to paint ' s history without oug having ht to
passed emotion at least contemp an hour that in his prayer cheeks . and meditation bathed in , and tears often toiled ; with an
Madonna ( 5 ) Rap so hael I profound make writes use to of certain Baldassare ideas were Castig which lioni come , into " In my . order mind to . _joaint I know a -
not if this , , in itself , has any excellence in art , although I weary myself to ( attain 6 ) Women it . " have attained to excellence in art to which they have
sx . ppli . ed themselves . Orlando _JFurioso _, Canto 20 every .
roii _, . ii . N 2
Gallery Of Illustrious Italian Women. 16...
GALLERY OF ILLUSTRIOUS ITALIAN WOMEN . 168
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1858, page 163, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111858/page/19/
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