Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

2·,о Arts and C1·afts in the :М:iddle Ages

Cano caгved а life-size crucifix fог Queen Mai·iana, which she presented to the Convent of Monserrati at Madrid. Alonso Cano entered the Church and became canon of the Cathedral of Granada. But all his talents had no effect upon his fina) prosperity: he died iп extreme ,vant in 1667, the Cathedral records sho\ving tl1at he was the recipient of charity, five hundred гeals being voted to II the canon Cano, being sick and very poor, and withoпt means to рау the doctor." Anothe1· rec01·d mentions thc pшchase of " poultry and sweet­ meats " also for him. · Cano made one picce of sculpture in шаrЫе, а guaгdian angel for tl1e Convent at G1·anada, Ьнt tliis no longer exists. Some of his architect.шa) dгa,Yings are pгe­ served in the Loнvre. Foгd says that his St. Francesco in Toledo is "а masterpiece of cadaveгoнs ecstatic sentiment." The g1·otesques wЬich played so large а part iп chшch art are br,vailed Ьу St. Berпai·d: "" 1 liat is the use," he asks, " of those absurd monstrosities displayed in the cloisters before t,he reading rnonks? ... "\Vl1y are un­ clean monkeys апd savage lions, and monstrous ceп­ taurs and semi-men, and spotted tigers, апd fightiпg so)diers, and pipe-playing hunters, rcpгesented? " ТЬен St. Bemard inadveгtently admits tЬе cliarm of all these grotesques, Ьу addiпg: "ТЬе variety of form is eve1·y­ \vЬere so gгeat, that шагЫсs arc тоге pleasant re � diпg than manнscripts, апd tЬе wlюlc day is spent in lookiпg at tЬem iпstead of in mcditat.ing on tl1e law of God."