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II. PRIDE OF STATE. II. ROMAN RENAISSANCE. 91
§ lxxx. The reader cannot but remember many instances
of this form of monument, England being peculiarly rich in
examples of them; although, with her, tomb sculpture, after
the fourteenth century, is altogether imitative, and in no degree indicative of the temper of the people. It was from Italy
that the authority for the change was derived; and in Italy
only, therefore, that it is truly correspondent to the change in
the national mind. There are many monuments in Yenice of
this semi-animate type, most of them carefully sculptured, and
some very admirable as portraits, and for the casting of the
drapery, especially those in the Church of San Salvador; but
I shall only direct the reader to one, that of Jacopo Pesaro,
Bishop of Paphos, in the Church of the Frari; notable not
only as a very skilful piece of sculpture, but for the
epitaph, singularly characteristic of the period, and confirmatory of all that I have alleged against it:
"James Pesaro, Bishop of Paphos, who conquered the Turks in war,
himself in peace, transported from a noble family among the Yenetians
to a nobler among the angels, laid here, expects the noblest crown,
which the just Judge shall give to him in that day. He lived the years
of Plato. He died 24th March, 1547*
The mingled classicism and carnal pride of this epitaph
surely need no comment. The crown is expected as a right
from the justice of the judge, and the nobility of the Yenetian
family is only a little lower than that of the angels. The
quaint childishness of the "Yixit annos Platonicos" is also
very notable.
§ lxxxi. The statue, however, did not long remain in this
partially recumbent attitude. Even the expression of peace
became painful to the frivolous and thoughtless Italians, and
they required the portraiture to be rendered in a manner that
should induce no memory of death. The statue rose up, and
presented itself in front of the tomb, like an actor upon a stage,
* "Jacobus Pisaurius Paphi Episcopus qui Turcos bello, se ipsum pace
vincebat, ex nobili inter Venetas, ad nobiliorem inter Angelos familiam
delatus, nobilissimam in ilia die Coronam justo Judice reddente, hie situs
expectat Vixit annos Platonicos. Obijt MDXLVII. IX. Kal. Aprilis."
| Title | The stones of Venice - 3 |
| Creator | Ruskin, John |
| Publisher | J. Wiley |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1889 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000105 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | II. PRIDE OF STATE. II. ROMAN RENAISSANCE. 91 § lxxx. The reader cannot but remember many instances of this form of monument, England being peculiarly rich in examples of them; although, with her, tomb sculpture, after the fourteenth century, is altogether imitative, and in no degree indicative of the temper of the people. It was from Italy that the authority for the change was derived; and in Italy only, therefore, that it is truly correspondent to the change in the national mind. There are many monuments in Yenice of this semi-animate type, most of them carefully sculptured, and some very admirable as portraits, and for the casting of the drapery, especially those in the Church of San Salvador; but I shall only direct the reader to one, that of Jacopo Pesaro, Bishop of Paphos, in the Church of the Frari; notable not only as a very skilful piece of sculpture, but for the epitaph, singularly characteristic of the period, and confirmatory of all that I have alleged against it: "James Pesaro, Bishop of Paphos, who conquered the Turks in war, himself in peace, transported from a noble family among the Yenetians to a nobler among the angels, laid here, expects the noblest crown, which the just Judge shall give to him in that day. He lived the years of Plato. He died 24th March, 1547* The mingled classicism and carnal pride of this epitaph surely need no comment. The crown is expected as a right from the justice of the judge, and the nobility of the Yenetian family is only a little lower than that of the angels. The quaint childishness of the "Yixit annos Platonicos" is also very notable. § lxxxi. The statue, however, did not long remain in this partially recumbent attitude. Even the expression of peace became painful to the frivolous and thoughtless Italians, and they required the portraiture to be rendered in a manner that should induce no memory of death. The statue rose up, and presented itself in front of the tomb, like an actor upon a stage, * "Jacobus Pisaurius Paphi Episcopus qui Turcos bello, se ipsum pace vincebat, ex nobili inter Venetas, ad nobiliorem inter Angelos familiam delatus, nobilissimam in ilia die Coronam justo Judice reddente, hie situs expectat Vixit annos Platonicos. Obijt MDXLVII. IX. Kal. Aprilis." |
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