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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt:...Niccolino."1 It is extremely doubtful, of course, whether Agostino intended these lines to be taken seriously, but as they sufficiently explain the aims of the Eclectic School of the Carracci we may profitably commentate upon them. In speaking of "the design of Rome," reference is probably made to the works of ancient sculpture. "The dignified colouring of Lombardy" is an allusion to Luini, Gaudenzi Ferrari, and other masters of their school. The allusions to Michelangelo, Titian, Correggio, and Raphael are clear. But the other four masters who are mentioned call for explanation. Pellegrino Tibaldi, whom the Carracci called the Reformed Michelangelo, was born at Bologna in 1527. He studied for a short time under Bagnocavallo, and then, in 1547, went to Rome, where he spent 1 "He who would become a good painter, let him acquire the design of Rome, Venetian shade and action, and the dignified colouring of Lombardy; Michelangelo's terrible manner, the natural truth of Titian, the sovereign purity of Correggio's style, and the true symmetry of a Raphael; the decorum and fundamental knowledge of Tibaldi, the invention of the learned Primatticcio, and a little of Parmigiano's grace. But without so much toil and study, he need only imitate the works which our Niccolino has left us here." three years studying the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel. His works in the Institute at Bologna display Michelangelo's influence only too plainly. Invited to Spain in 1586 by Philip II., he painted a number of fine frescoes in the Escorial. In the church he executed a number of paintings, and, on the ceiling of the Library, the composition which, above all others, established his reputation,--a decoration in which the Arts and Sciences, &c., a...