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[M.134L] [M.134] Frari. Pacific Tomb. San Giov. e. Paolo 134
In Venice and its Lagoons. The basreliefs on the tomb
are said to be in "creta cotta" The body of the Beato the hollow and dark spaces being for the most part veiled with
Pacifico Bono was laid here in 1437. cobwebs: the lights loaded with dust - gold remaining
here and there in unseemly patches, mixed with the dullbrick red of the stucco, the colours mildewed or darkened,
and the projections rubbed or broken away, there is not
a single line of the composition which has its intended
effect - or which can be either felt or judged justly: the angels
[diagram] with instruments have much of the Angelico quality and
appear the best part of the monument: the Baptism
behind is mannered yet graceful - the attendant angels are numerous; and
in their action and in their full draperies they are more like women,
but for their richly plumed wings. The sarcophagus
itself is the worst - the composition of the resurrection
very vile; the descent into hell somewhat better,
but the arrnagement of the whole thoroughly meagre and
bad, & richly meriting Selva’s condemnation.
To be read tonight if pos. Cicogna p 30 Housebook 2.
St J & Paul Apse, p 24. G. book.
Here again we see the curious adaptation of tracery to upper
lights, thinning it: The entire window is the one which
forms the lower half of apse, as at A. opp.
B. is the lower half b opp: in which the double
edge of cusp is conjectural, but I have no doubt is
accurate. p2 p3 being the section across it at p4.
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