Lichens From an Old Abbey
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Excerpt from Lichens From an Old Abbey: Being Historical Reminiscenses of the Monastery of Paisley, Its Abbot, and Its Royal and Other Benefactors The old Vasari wonders much, in his wise simple fashion, over the sublime indifference to renown of artists earlier than he, - how, leaving their great works nameless, they have passed away, into the twilight, voicelessly, but for the still fair life breathed into the carved stone. Vasari fondly remembers how his master, Michael Angelo - because some ascribed the glory of the altar-piece, Pieta, to another - went, alone, to the Church at midnight, and carved, by a taper´s light, his name on the marble drapery of the Virgin and the dead Christ. Well for the history of Art if all had done likewise, thought Vasari as he wrote his famous lives, and paused in those ellipses where the work survived the workman, even in tradition most dim. And all who would add, however humbly, a stone to the cairn of Art, have thought, perhaps, with this old biographer, - have wondered and desired as he. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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