Ryan, Sara Agnes · Chicago : The Mayer and Miller Co. · leaf 188
Cram. Angelico died in Rome and is buried in theChurch of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva.This is his epitaph, translated: Let me not be praised that I was anotherApelles, But that I gave all to the children of Christ. Some works are for the Earth, others forHeaven— The flower of Etrurias cities bore me,… … Madonna of the Star Fra Lippo Lippi. In its clear depths; no soul, no truth is there.Oh, praise your Rubens and his fleshy brush!Oh, love your Titian and his carnal air!Give me the trilling of a pure-toned thrush,And take your crimson parrots. Artist-saint!0 Fra Angelico, your brush was dyedIn hues…
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