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. 1860 edition. Excerpt: ... considerable advance upon the works of the painters of the previous century, and the head of the dying Christ is singularly fine. But it is in the frescoes representing the life and martyrdom of S. Catherine, that Masaccio has given evidence of his power as an original painter. The finest and best known of ...
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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. 1860 edition. Excerpt: ... considerable advance upon the works of the painters of the previous century, and the head of the dying Christ is singularly fine. But it is in the frescoes representing the life and martyrdom of S. Catherine, that Masaccio has given evidence of his power as an original painter. The finest and best known of these compositions is the one which represents the Saint disputing with the doctors before Maxentius. The Emperor is on his throne at the end of a room, on either side of which are seated four doctors. They are earnestly listening to S. Catherine, and their action and expression are admirable for variety and truth to nature. The figure of the youthful Saint is full of grace and innocence. She stands calmly in the midst of the doctors enforcing her argument by a gesture of her two hands, still natural to Italian disputants. The composition is very simple, and vividly recalls the works of Fra Angelico. Of the other frescoes, the most interesting are S. Catherine refusing to worship the idols, the Saint converting the Queen from the window of her cell, the executioners endeavouring in vain to break her upon the wheel, and her final martyrdom, and that of the Queen, by decapitation. They are each distinguished by the same simple and pleasing composition, by natural and graceful action and expression, and by that knowledge of form which the painter subsequently displayed so remarkably in the frescoes of the Brancacci Chapel. Unfortunately they have suffered so much from decay and unskilful restoration, that but little of Masaccio's original work remains. The other frescoes are of less interest, and are in a worse condition than those representing the history of S. Catherine. The resemblance in style between the frescoes of the chapel of S. Clemente...
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