DOMENICO DI See also:

• PACE (through O. Fr. pas, from Lat. passus, step, properly the stretch of the leg in walking, from pandere, to stretch)
• PACE, RICHARD (c. 1482-1536)

PACE See also:

• DOMENICO DI PACE BECCAFUMI (1486-1551)

BECCAFUMI (1486-1551)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian painter, of the school of See also:

• SIENA

Siena . In the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early days of the Tuscan republics Siena had been in See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius, and almost in See also:

• POLITICAL

political importance, the See also:

• RIVAL

rival of See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence . But after the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PLAGUE (in Gr. Xotµos; in Lat. pestis, pestilentia)

plague in 1348 the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city declined; and though her See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population always comprised an immense number of skilled artists and artificers, yec her school did not See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general progress of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy in the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . About the See also:

• YEAR

year 1500, indeed, Siena had no native artists of the first importance; and her public and private commissions were often given to natives of other cities . But after the uncovering of the See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• RAPHAEL (Hebrew smm, " God heals ")

Raphael and See also:

• MICHELANGELO (MICHELAGNIOLO BUONARROTI) (1475-1564)

Michelangelo at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome in 15o8, all the See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools of Italy were stirred with the See also:

• DESIRE

desire of imitating them . Among these accomplished men who now, without the mind and See also:

• INSPIRATION (Lat. inspirare, breathe upon or into)

inspiration of Raphael or Michelangelo, mastered a great See also:

• DEAL

deal of their manner, and initiated the decadence of Italian See also:

• ART

art, several of the most accomplished arose in the school of Siena . Among these was Domenico, the son of a See also:

• PEASANT (O. Fr. paysant, Mod. paysan; Lat. pagensis, belonging to the pagus or country; cf. " pagan ")

peasant, one Giacomo di See also:

• PACE (through O. Fr. pas, from Lat. passus, step, properly the stretch of the leg in walking, from pandere, to stretch)
• PACE, RICHARD (c. 1482-1536)

Pace, who worked on the See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate of a well-to-do See also:

• CITIZEN (a form corrupted in Eng., apparently by analogy with " denizen," from O. Fr. citeain, mod. Fr. citoyen)

citizen named Lorenzo See also:

• BECCAFUMI, DOMENICO DI PACE (1486-1551)

Beccafumi . Seeing some signs of a See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent for See also:

• DRAWING

drawing in his labourer's son, Lorenzo Beccafumi took the boy into his service and presently adopted him, causing him to learn See also:

• PAINTING

painting from masters of the city . Known after-wards as Domenico Beccafumi, or earlier as I1 Mecarino (from the name of a poor artist with whom he studied). the peasant's son soon gave See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof of extraordinary See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry and talent . In 1509 he went to Rome and steeped himself in the manner of the great men who had just done their first See also:

• WORK

work in the Vatican . Returning to his native See also:

• TOWN

town, Beccafumi quickly gained employment and a reputation second only to See also:

• SODOMA, IL (1477-1549)

Sodoma . He painted a vast number both of religious pieces for churches and of mythological decorations for private patrons .

But the work by which he will longest be remembered is that which he did for the celebrated See also:

• PAVEMENT (Lat. pavimentu;n, a floor beaten or rammed hard, from pavire, to beat)

pavement of the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral of Siena . For a See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred and fifty years the best artists of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state had been engaged laying down this pavement with vast designs in commesso work,--See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble, that is, engraved with the outlines of the subject in See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black, and having See also:

• BORDERS, THE

borders inlaid with See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich patterns in many See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours . From the year 1517 to 1544 Beccafumi was engaged in continuing this pavement . He made very ingenious improvements in the technical processes employed, and laid down multitudinous scenes from the stories of See also:

• AHAB (in Heb. 'ah'(ib, " father's brother ")

Ahab and See also:

• ELIJAH (a Hebrew name meaning " Yah[weh] is God ")

Elijah, of Melchisedec, of See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

Abraham and of See also:

• MOSES (Gr. Mwvo c, Mcoo-i3s)
• MOSES, ASSUMPTION OF

Moses . These are not so interesting as the simpler work of the earlier schools, but are much more celebrated and more jealously guarded . Such was their fame that the agents of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles I. of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time when he was See also:

• COLLECTING

collecting for See also:

• WHITEHALL

Whitehall, went to Siena expressly to try and See also:

• PURCHASE

purchase the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original cartoons . But their owner would not See also:

• PART

part with them, and they are now in the Siena See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy and elsewhere . The subjects have been engraved on See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, by the See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, as it seems, of Beccafumi himself, who at one time or another essayed almost every See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of See also:

• FINE

fine art . He made a triumphal See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

arch and an immense See also:

• MECHANICAL

mechanical See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse for the See also:

• PRO

pro-cession of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor Charles V. on his entry into Siena . In his later days, being a solitary See also:

• LIVER (O. Eng. lifer; cf. cognate forms, Dutch lever, Ger. Leber, Swed. lefver, &c.; the O. H. Ger. forms are libara, lipora, &c.; the Teut. word has been connected with Gr. i'prap and Lat. jecur)

liver and continually at work, he is said to have accelerated his See also:

• DEATH

death by over-exertion upon the processes of See also:

• BRONZE

bronze-casting .