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Excerpt from Assomptione Della Madonna: A Historico-Critical Discussion of the Picture Assomptione Della Madonna, Formerly the Property of the House of Este, Dukes of Ferrara and Modena HE life and work of the great genius of the Renaissance are even at the present day a mystery to us. Centuries have elapsed: yet we gaze in astonishment at the countless works of art which his genius conceived and his master hand exe cuted. The originality of his creative power is specially manifested in the magical grace and charm of his representations'of the Virgin: in vain do we seek them in the works of other masters, whether of earlier or later date; they serve as undisputed models' for all time. Above all one masterpiece holds us enchained; the so-called Madonna di San Sisto, in which the Divine Mother appears before us as a heavenly vision. 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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