Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance)

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Elizabeth W. Champney. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance)

Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance)

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

ILLUSTRATIONS

ILLUSTRATIONS

ROMANCE OF ROMAN VILLAS

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

THE ADVENTURE OF THE CASKET

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

FOOTNOTES:

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Elizabeth W. Champney

Published by Good Press, 2019

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"While he spoke so eloquently I made a feint of examining the picture and was indeed moved by the love which overflowed it, the Madonna caressing her babe and he in turn petting a little lamb; but my uncle pished and poohed, saying that this sentimentality was but a feeble reflection of his master Da Vinci; and our host cut the discussion short by demanding that Raphael should show his own work. This he could not be persuaded to do, modestly persisting that he had naught worthy of our consideration, though he promised later to show us a Sposalizio upon which he was engaged but which was not then finished.

"With all this, I have not related the circumstance which at once put us upon the familiar footing of old acquaintanceship. It was Chigi's chance remark that Raphael was a native of Urbino, where he had been a favourite with all those choice spirits who make your brother's court the most brilliant in Italy.

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