Humanistic Studies of the University of Kansas, Vol. 1Mitchell, Arthur
Philosophy
Humanistic Studies of the University of Kansas, Vol. 1
Mitchell, Arthur
Humanities
II. _Pippa Passes._
1. Canova (1757-1822). A refined, classical, but
somewhat artificial reviver of Italian sculpture in
the modern era.
a. The Psiche-fanciulla--Psycheas a young girl
with a butterfly, in the Possagno Gallery.
b. Pietà--a statue of the Virgin with the dead
Christ in her arms, in Possagno Church.
2. Jules. An imaginary young sculptor, studying
Italian models.
a. Almaign Kaiser.
b. Hippolyta.
c. Psyche.
d. Tydeus.
III. _My Last Duchess._
1. Claus of Innsbruck. An imaginary Renaissance
sculptor.
a. Neptune taming a sea-horse.
IV. _The Bishop orders his Tomb at St. Praxed’s Church._
1. Tomb of the Bishop.
2. Globe in the Church of Il Gesu.
V. _Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day._
1. Early Christian attitude toward art.
VI. _Old Pictures in Florence._
1. Niccolo Pisano.
2. Ghiberti (1378-1455). A Florentine sculptor, also
important for perspective in painting, whose ideal
combined religious feeling with classical beauty.
VII. _The Statue and the Bust._
1. Giovanni da Bologna (John of Douay) (c. 1524-1608).
An Italian Renaissance sculptor who combines
technical knowledge with fine poetic feeling.
a. Statue of Duke Ferdinand, by Giovanni.
b. A bust of the Lady.
VIII. _The Ring and the Book._
(I.) 1. Baccio’s marble (by Baccio Bandinelli)--statue of
John of the Black Bands, father of Cosimo de’
Medici.
2. Bernini’s Triton.
(III.) 3. Bernini’s Triton.
(VI.) 4. Pasquin’s statue.
(VII.) 5. Marble lion in San Lorenzo.
6. Virgin at Pompilia’s street corner.
(XI.) 7. Bocca-dell’-Verità--the fabled test for the verity
of witnesses, a mask of stone in the portico of the
Church Santa Maria in Cosmedin.
MUSIC
I. _The Englishman in Italy._
1. Bellini (1801-1835). An Italian opera composer.
II. _A Toccata of Galuppi’s._
1. Galuppi (1706-1785). A composer of melodious
rather than original operas, whose workmanship was
superior to that of his contemporaries in harmony
and orchestration.
III. _Master Hugues of Saxe-Gotha._
1. Master Hugues of Saxe-Gotha. An imaginary
composer.
2. Palestrina (1526-1594). Famous for saving music to
the church by submitting some that met with
approval when ecclesiastical authorities were about
to forbid its use.
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