Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

300 Aтts анd Cгafts iн the l\Iiddle Ages

,vhicЬ he арреагs to suffe1· 110 i11coпvenience, апсl ,Yllich seems to havc defied tЬе laws of gгavitatioл ! The reno,vned Иatteo da Siena ,vorked оп t.he rave­ ment; he desigпed the scene of thc }Jassacre of t.he Innocents - it seems to Iшve been al,vays his faYouгite subject. Не ,vas appa1·ently of а шогЬid tшn. In 1505 Pintшiccl1io ,yas paicl for· а "'ork on the floor: "То шaster Beшardiпo Pintшicchio, ptr., for l1is lаЬош in making а caгtoon fo1· the design of Foгtune, ,vl1ich is now bei11g made iп tl1e Cathedгal, оп tЬis 13tl1 day of March, 12 Liгcs for ош said Mastr.1· Albeгto." ТЬе mosaic is in 1·ed, Ыасk, апсl ,Yhite, ,vhilc otЬer coloшed ша1·Ыеs аге intгoduced iп t.Iю oгnarncпtal pa1·ts of the design, seveгal of "'hich have been 1·ene,ved. Fо1·tнпе l1eгself lшs Ьееп гestorerl, also, as ЬаУе шost of tЪе Io,ver figшes in tЬс coшposition. Нег pгecaгiousness is ,vcll iпdicated Ьу hег action in гesting опе foot on а ball, and the otheг 011 an unstaЫe little boat ,vhich floats, ,vith ]')roken mast, Ьу tЬе shoгe. SЬе lюlds а sail above l1er Ьеаd, so that she is liaЫe to Ье s,vayed Ьу уагуiпg ,Yinds. The thгee upper figures are iл а better state of pгeser­ vation than the others. There was also in France some interest in mosaic during the eleventh century. At St. Remi in Rheims was а celebrated pavement in which enamels were used as ,vell as mагЫеs. Among the designs v.тhich appeared on this pavement, which mнst hю т е positively 1-ivalled Siena in its glory, ,vas а group of the Seven Arts, as well as nuшerous BiЫical scenes. It is said that certain