Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

222 A1·ts and C1·afts in the Middle Ages

Byzantine proportions and forms, but have а good deal of grace and sнggestion of nюvement. Among the early пames kno\vn in Italy is that of Magisteг Огsо, of Veгona. Another, in the ninth centuгy, was Magisteг Pacifico, and in the t\veНth tl1erc came Guglielшus, wl10 carved the charming na1ve ,vild huпting sccncs on the portal of St. Zeno of Veгona. These relicfs гepгescnt Thcodoric on hoгseback, follo\ved Ьу an аЫе company of men and horses which, according to legend, we1·e supplicd Ьу the infernal po" r ers. The eyes of thesc fugitives Ьаvе much cxpгession, beiпg гendered ,vith а d1-ill, and staпding онt in the desigп as little Ыасk lюles - fieгcc and effective. Тl1егс is а fine 1·otшd window at St. Zeno at Verona, designed and execнted Ьу one Briolottus, ,vblch, in­ tcnded to гepresent tl1e ,,ъееl of Fortune, is dccorated a.ll over \vith Iitt}e clingiпg figures, somc falling and sоше climblng, апсl lшs tl1e шotto: " I elevate some mortals and depose othc1·s; I give good ог evil to all: I clothe tЬе naked and stгip thc clothed: iп me if any one tгust Ьс "'il] Ье tшned to derision." Peгhaps the most ,vonderfнl ca1·vings on the church of St. Zeno at Verona are over the arched entrancc to the сгурt. These, being chiefly grotesque animal forms, are signed Ьу Adaminus. Among the humouroнs little cnпceits is а couple of strнtting cocks carгying between t J1em а dcad fox slung on а rod. Ruskin has characte1·­ ized the carvings at Vcrona, especially tlюse on the porcl1, as being among tl1e best examples of the true functioн