On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2): A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and LiteratureRuskin, John
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On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2): A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature
Ruskin, John
Art; Essays; Literature
The support of the sarcophagus, under the feet of the recumbent
figure in the Castelbarco Tomb.
(18.) _Lion with Dragon in its claws._ (A.)
The support of the sarcophagus at the head of the figure.
(19.) _St. Luke._ (A.)
Sculpture of one of the four small panels at the angles of the
sarcophagus in the Castelbarco Tomb. I engraved the St. Mark for
the illustration of noble grotesque in the "Stones of Venice." But
this drawing more perfectly renders the stern touch of the old
sculptor.
(20.) _Two of the Spurs of the bases of the Nave Pillars in the Church
of St. Anastasia._ (A.)
Of the real size. Not generally seen in the darkness of the Church,
and very fine in their rough way.
248. (21.) _Tomb of Can Grande, general view._ (R.)
Put together some time since, from Photograph and Sketches taken in
the year 1852; and inaccurate, but useful in giving a general idea.
(22.) _Tomb of Can Grande._ (R.)
Sketch made carefully on the spot last year. The sarcophagus
unfinished; the details of it would not go into so small a space.
(23.) _The Sarcophagus and recumbent Statue of Can Grande, drawn
separately._ (R.)
Sketched on the spot last year. Almost a faultless type of powerful
and solemn Gothic sculpture. (Can Grande died in 1329.)
(24.) _The Two Dogs._ (R.)
The kneeling Madonna and sculpture of right hand upper panel of the
Sarcophagus of Can Grande.
The drawing of the panel is of real size, representing the Knight
at the Battle of Vicenza.
(25.) _The Cornice of the Sarcophagus of Can Grande._ (A.)
Of its real size, admirably drawn, and quite showing the softness
and Correggio-like touch of its leafage, and its symmetrical
formality of design, while the flow of every leaf is changeful.
249. (26.) _Study of the Sarcophagus of the Tomb of Mastino II.,
Verona._ (R.)
Sketched in 1852.
(27.) _Head of the recumbent Statue of Mastino II._ (A.)
Beautifully drawn by Mr. Burgess.
Can Mastino II. had three daughters:--Madonna Beatrice (called
afterwards "the Queen," for having "tutte le grazie che i cieli
ponno concedere a femina," and always simply called by historians
Lady "Reina" della Scala), Madonna Alta-luna, and Madonna Verde.
Lady Reina married Bernabo Visconti, Duke of Milan; Lady Alta-luna,
Louis of Brandebourg; and Lady Verde, Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua.
Their father died of "Sovereign melancholy" in 1350, being
forty-three years old.
(28.) _Part of Cornice of the Sarcophagus of Mastino II._ (A.)
One of the most beautiful Gothic cornices in Italy; its effect
being obtained with extreme simplicity of execution out of two
ridges of marble, each cut first into one united sharp edge all
along, and then drilled through, and modeled into leaf and flower.
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