Withoutthespiritual,observe,thenatural’simpossible;——
noform,nomotion!Withoutsensuous,spiritualisinappreciable;——
nobeautyorpower!Andinthistwofoldspherethetwo-foldmanandstilltheartistisintenselyamanholdsfirmlybythenatural,toreachthespiritualbeyondit,——fixesstillthetypewithmortalvision,topiercethrough,witheyesimmortal,totheantetype,somecalltheideal,——bettercalledthereal,andcertaintobecalledsopresentlywhenthingsshallhavetheirnames。”
Browninghascloselyfollowed,inthemonologue,theart-historian,GiorgioVasari,asthefollowingextractswillshowthetranslationisthatofMrs。JonathanFoster,intheBohnLibrary:——”TheCarmelitemonk,FraFilippodiTommasoLippi1412-1469*1*
wasbornatFlorenceinabye-streetcalledArdiglione,undertheCantoallaCuculia,andbehindtheconventoftheCarmelites。