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Seneca the Philosopher, and His Modern Message (Volume 16)

Seneca the Philosopher, and His Modern Message (Volume 16)

Gummere, Richard Mott

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PhilosophyGeneral World History

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ISBN10: 1151496553
ISBN13: 9781151496553
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 30
Weight: 0.16
Height: 0.06 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ...Pisa (pe'za) Masaccio (ma-sat'cho) of great power, one whose untimely death, at the age of twenty-seven, seems more pathetic than that of Raphael, for the latter had achieved what it usually takes ages to accomplish, while the former just showed his promise and then, like a blighted bud, it was seen no more, leaving us through all the years since merely to guess what he would have done had more years yet been given him. He was born in 1402 in a town in the Arno Valley, near Florence. His rightful name was Guido Tommaso, but his slovenly appearance gave him the name we know him by to-day. Short though his life was, he left a series of works that made the most important school for the artists of Florence for centuries after his death. These were his frescoes in the Brancacci Chapel in the Church of the Carmine in Florence. They represented the chief events in the life of St. Peter and the workmanship excelled in correct proportions, fine action, accurate perspective and pleasing color. The Tribute Money from this series is here reproduced, and we have but to compare it with former works to see at once its superiority in the points enumerated above. Masaccio's death, in 1429, left these frescoes incomplete. Years afterwards they were finished by Filippino Lippi. Raphael (rii'fa-el) Guido Tommaso (gwe'de tom-ma'so) Filippino Lippi (fel-lep-pe'no lep'pe) Filippo Lippi, the father of this Filippino, is an interesting figure in our art story just here. He was a monk in the Carmelite monastery where Masaccio had painted his wonderful frescoes. By nature he was an artist and he loved to study the work which Masaccio had left. He was, however, fond of pleasure and impatient of restraint, so we are not surprised that he ran away from his convent....

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