Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

322 A1is and Crafts in the l\Iiddle Ages

tl1c apse of Sta. 1\laгia l\Iaggioгe tl1eгc appears а signa­ tнre, "Jacopo Toiтiti шаdе tliis ,vork iп mosaic." Gaddo Gadcli also aclcled а coшpositioп bclow the vaнlt, about 1308. Thc \Yell-kпo,vn шosaic callecl tЬе Na,·icella iп tl1e atriшn of St. Petcr's, Rоше, \Yas originally made Ьу Giotto. It has been шuсЬ гestoгed and altercd, but somc о( tЬе origi11al dcsign undoнЬtcdly гeшains. Giotto ,vent to Romc to uпdcrtakc this ,voгk iп 1298; but tЬе prcscnt шosaic is largcly tl1e restoration of Bernini, ,vlю can liarclly Ье consideгed as а sympathetic inteгpгetcr of thc еагlу Floгcntine style. Vasari speaks of thc Navicella as "а truly \Yondeгful \Уогk, and dcse1·vcdly eulogized Ьу a.ll cnlightencd judges." Нс marvels at the way in ,vliich Giotto Ьаs produced har­ mony and inteгchange of light and shade so clevcгly: '1 with теге pieces of glass " (\ Т asaгi is so nai'vely oveг­ whelmed with ignorancc ,vЬen he comes to deal with handicraft ) especially on the large sail of the boat. In Venice, the Mascoli chapel ,vas ornamented Ьу scenes from the life of thc Viгgin, in 1430. The aгtist was Michele Zambono, who designcd and superintended the work llimself. At 01· San l\Iichele in Florence, tЬе painter Peselli, or Guliano Aпigo, decorated the taber­ nacle, in 1416. Among other artists vYho entered tlie field of mosaic, were Baldovinetti and Domenico Ghiг­ landajo, thc painter who originatcd the motto: '' Thc only painting for etcгnity is шosaic." In tЬе sixteenth ccntнry the ai·t of шosaic ceased to