ISBN: 9780217473071

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ...princess''s 1 In pursuance of the same symbolism, Troy walls were once literally called salvation, this word, with, for certain historical reasons, the xlded epithet of holy, being applied to them. With the Kp8e/iva Penelope shielded her tender cheeks in presence of the witors. here. Curiously, too, we shall see that Leucothea (at first called Ino), of Thebes and Cadmus'' line, daughter of Harmonia, is closely connected with certain sources of the story of St. George. PORTRAIT OF A TAILOR (Moroni) COSMO MONKHOUSE MORETTO''S pupil, Giambattista Moroni (about 1525-1578), great portrait-painter though he was, could not equal his master in reflecting the fine style of the Italian nobility. By him we have'' also two portraits of the Brecian aristocracy, but though they are not without dignity and strength of character, they are but commonplace persons by the side of Moretto''s grandees. One of them (No. 1022) is supposed to be a member of the same family as No. 1025, and is finely painted in a very reticent scheme of cool, almost cold, colour; the other (No. 1316), which looks almost as if it had been painted for its pendant, is the less agreeable of the two, on account of the redness of the flesh tints, a characteristic of his earlier manner. It is, however, masterly in execution--a merit which must be accorded to the not very pleasant Portrait of an Italian Lady (No. 1023), who is supposed to have been the wife of No. 1022. On the whole, so far, at least, as this Gallery is concerned, Moroni''s genius is best seen in his portraits of less distinguished personages; in his Lawyer (No. 742), his Ecclesiastic (No. 1024), and in the most celebrated, if not the best of all, his famous Tailor (No. 697). If we take into consideration the excellence of its... Esther Singleton, Books, Art and Architecture, Famous Paintings As Seen And Described By Famous Writers Books>Art and Architecture, General Books LLC<