Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time (1896) (14595798407)

Identifier: antonioallegrida00riccrich (find matches)
Title: Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Ricci, Corrado, 1858-1934 Simmons, Florence
Subjects: Correggio, 1489?-1534
Publisher: New York : Charles Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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rse together, or gaze upwards,carrying vases or boughs of foliage ;others are kindling the ilames of the can-delabra, or sprinkling incense on thosealready burning. Above them is a broadbelt of clouds, and then a huge garlandof figures, a vast glory of saints and angels,crowding round the ascending Virgin, whosoars upwards towards the radiant sky,whence a youthful angel descends in rapidflight to greet her. Let us now examine the work indetail. Above the capitals of the great pillarssupporting the cupola, in the thicknessof the arches, which are decorated witha Greek key pattern, are painted singlefigures in monochrome. Those on thesoffit of the arch nearest to the presby-tery are by Girolamo Mazzola-Bedoli, allthe rest are by Correggio. They arecarried out in pale yellow tones, shaded with a kind of bistre-colour, and represent six slightly draped genii supporting festoons of foliage. This part of the decoration is perfectly 1 Liher dchitoridii ct credifoniiii, already quoted, UA. i.
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256 ANTONIO DA CORREGGIO preserved, and shows the mellow richness and fusion of Correggiostechnique in its full perfection. The soft, delicate tints of thesechiaroscuri, which are cooler than those inSan Giovanni, reveal the painters harmoni-ous chromatic sense, for the general toneof colour is less intense here than in theother cupola. The folds of the draperieshave lost something of their severity, andthe attitudes have a touch of affectation;but the nude figures are modelled with greatbeauty and dignity and are full of vivacity.To the concave pendentives Correggiogave the form of scallop shells, surroundingtheir edges with other shells, which form aframework very similar to that of the lunettesin the Camera di San Paolo. In the lower part of these pendentives,or niches, as we may call them, billowymasses of clouds rise like the smoke ofincense, white and luminous in the upperstratum, but gradually shading down throughpale violet to a dense gray at the junction of FIGURE FROM SOFFIT