Kugler's Hand-book of Painting: The Schools of Painting in Italy, Parte1

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J. Murray, 1851

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Página 3 - Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. As many were astonied at thee, (his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men...
Página 14 - But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Página 124 - A dame, to whom none openeth pleasure's gate More than to death, was, 'gainst his father's will, His stripling choice : and he did make her his, Before the spiritual court, by nuptial bonds, And in his father's sight : from day to day, Then loved her more devoutly.
Página 3 - Thus it is said, concerning the man of sorrows, that • many were astonished at him, his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than. the sons of men:
Página 147 - Saints next to them, severe, solemn, dignified figures. Angels, holding the instruments of the passion, hover over Christ and the Virgin : under them is a group of angels, in the strictest symmetrical arrangement, who summon the dead from their graves ; two blow the trumpets, a third conceals himself in his drapery, shuddering at the awful spectacle. Lower down is the earth, where men are rising from the graves; armed angels direct them to the right and left. Here is seen Solomon, who whilst he rises...
Página xiii - Seven Hours of the Passion" were : — 1. The Last Supper. 2. The Agony in the Garden. 3. Christ before Caiaphas. 4. Christ before Herod. 5. Christ crowned with thorns. 6. Pilate washing his hands. 7. The Crucifixion (the centurion and others present). The more complete series contained in addition to these and other subjects : — The Flagellation. The Ecce Homo. The Procession to Calvary, or Christ bearing his Cross. The Entombment. The Descent to the Limbus.
Página 146 - ... as the former rulers of the world — kings, queens, cardinals, bishops, princes, warriors, &c. Their souls rise out of them in the form of new-born infants ; angels and demons are ready to receive them ; the souls of the pious fold their hands in prayer, those of the condemned shrink back in horror. The angels are almost like gay butterflies in appearance, the devils have the semblance of beasts of prey or of disgusting reptiles.
Página 146 - The angels are almost like gay butterflies in appearance, the devils have the semblance of beasts of prey, or of disgusting reptiles. They fight with each other : on the right, the angels ascend to heaven with those they have saved ; while the demons drag their prey to a fiery mountain, visible on the left, and hurl the souls down into the flames. Next to these corpses is a crowd of beggars and cripples, who with outstretched arms call upon Death to end their sorrows : but she heeds not their prayers,...
Página 124 - But not to deal Thus closely with thee longer, take at large The lovers' titles — Poverty and Francis. Their concord and glad looks, wonder and love, And sweet regard gave birth to holy thoughts...
Página 147 - Above, in the middle, sit Christ and the Virgin in separate glories. He turns to the left, toward the condemned, while he uncovers the wound in his side, and raises his right arm with a menacing gesture ; his countenance is full of majestic wrath. The Virgin, on the right of her Son, is the picture of heavenly mercy ; and almost terrified at the words of eternal condemnation, she turns away, while her countenance and mien express only divine sorrow for the lost.

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