Great pictures, as seen and described by famous writers (1899) (14784796755)

Identifier: greatpicturesassx00sing (find matches)
Title: Great pictures, as seen and described by famous writers
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Singleton, Esther, d. 1930, ed. and tr
Subjects: Painting
Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead and Company
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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e, with herhead piously inclined towards her Son whom she is regard-ing with tender gaze. St. Joseph is at her side and behindher are two young women who are holding and admiringthe gifts offered to the Saviour. The infant Jesus has laidhis hand on the head of the oldest of the Magi, who, pros-trated, kisses his feet with devotion. The two other Kingsare much younger than the first one. They are presentingtheir offerings to the Son of God, and are about to lay theircrowns before him. Then follows the retinue of theseMagi; and in this throng, where may be counted at leastseventy figures on foot and on horseback, of all ranks, ofall ages, and of all sizes, it is easy to recognize a trace ofthose popular festivals instituted in the preceding century. 1 One of the founders of the Roman School. 2 This painting is in the gallery of the Accademia delle Belle Arti,Florence. At its base on one side one may read: OPVS : GENTILIS*DE : FABRIANO ; and on the other side: MCCCC.X.X.III:MENSIS : MAIL
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Adoration of the Magi. Fabriano ADORATION OF THE MAGI 99 Despite some slight Oriental disguises, one may easilyrecognize the bearing, the general features, and the cos-tumes of the Italy of the first years of the Fifteenth Cen-tury. Gentile was also pleased to add to the superbchargers mentioned by Lattuda, all kinds of animals,especially the apes that the Milanese loved to include in theirpompous processions. Finally, in the background of thispicture he has painted the embattled walls of a Guelph citywith two massive gates; the one through which the Magihave entered, the other through which they will take theirdeparture. Is there anything here, either in the fore-ground or the background that suggests Jerusalem ? Doyou not notice rather a resemblance to the fortificationsof Milan, with the Porta Romana and the Porta San-Lorenzo ? After having painted the frescoes of the Cathedral ofOrvieto, Gentile lived for a long time in the north of Italy,particularly in Venice. It is very likely