Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

226 A11:s авd Сгаfts iв tЬе l\Iiddle Ages

wlю kne,v the siшюusness of tl1c human form and tЬе joy of living with по thoug11t of the morгow. Tl1ese joyoнs pagan elements, gгafted он solenш гeligious sштoнnclings and inflнcнces, сошЬiпеd to produce his реснliы geпiнs. Basing liis сагlу eпdeavoшs on tl1ese specimeпs of geпuiпe classical Gгcek агt, theгe resнlted his ,vondeгfнl pulpits at Pisa апd Sieпa, and l1is шatch­ lessly gгacefнl little :Мadonnas deпote the Helleпistic sentimeпt fог beauty. His ,voгk was а marked depaгtнre fгom tl1e Byzantiпe апd Roшanesqнe ,voгk \Vhich con­ stituted Italiaп scнlptшe нр to tl1at period. An exam­ ination of his desigпs and шetlюds ргоУеs Ьis immense origiпality. Ву pгofessioп he ,vas an aгcl1itect. Of his pulpit in Sieлa Clшгles Eliot �ortoп speaks ,vith mucЬ appreciation. Allнding to the lions used as bases to its colшnns, he says: " These аге tl1e :fi1·st гealistic гepгe­ sentations of living aпiшals ,vЬiсЬ tl1e medireval reviva] of агt has prodнced; and in viYacity and епегgу of rcndering, and in the thoгougbly aгtistic t1·eatment of ]eoнinc spi1·it ашl foгm, they havc neveг becn sшpassed." It is нsually claiшed that оле шау leam mнch of tЬс гise of Gothic scнlpture Ьу studying the models in tЬе South Kcпsingtoп :\1useuш. Iп а foot-note to sucl1 а statement iп а book edited Ьу Ruskin, the iпdignant editoг Ьаs obse1тed, " Уou cannot do anytl1ing of thc kiшl. Pisan sculptшe сап only Ьс studied iп the origiпal шагЫс: l1alf its viгtuc is in tЬе chiseШng ! " Nicola \Yas assisted in tl1e \\ r ork on bls shгine of St. Dominic at Bologna Ьу опе Fra Guglielmo Agnelli, а monk of