PERUGINO. UFFIZI GALLERY FLORENCE. HEAD OF MADONNA. FROM MADONNA AND SAINTS.
And here they studied long the figures of those old Roman heroes chosen by Perugino to symbolize the virtues; figures which possess a unique and irresistible charm because of their athletic proportions and vigorous action, while their faces are sweet, womanish, and tender, full of the pensive, mystic devotion which is so characteristic of this old master and his pupils.
Chapter XII.
Robert Sumner Fights a Battle.
So nigh is grandeur to our dust,
So near is God to man,
When duty whispers low, Thou must,
The youth replies, I can.
—Emerson.
