OCR Text

CER: 8.5
WER: 38.4

the Ren. airs once gracefulners. which one fuids
in cert aim 8 its monuments am ong its great
men, florence counts Dante, the medicis
ma chiavelli Ben venute Cellini, and the fathers
7 Petrarch, heionardo de Urici and michelangelis
of course, to fully appreciate it, one should be
familiar with It alian hist any, (I’ve almost
forgotten à Roman Cirlization” Elmore )avid history
part. ( never look any courses uponthis subject.)
I m reading up on floreutive history, as 9 said,
and of course I study the guide book, but fear
that the enjoyment I get is more of the pagan are
variety - their pleasure at the contemplation
8 beauty. - and not the more subtle, eredite
joy, which not onlysees, but underst ands.
If live even going to be here longer, I should
try to remedy my short comings. but
with only twowevers left I feel it f. little use
to do more than see all the beautiful things
9 can and enjoy them to the ut most,
with the hope that if I do study art, some
time in the future. I shall remember having
seen the master fuices whose history I am
learning. of course one call always se are guides,
but my olige cleins to them are numerous First
fall, they busually opeah misrable English,
secently. they don’t know their subject, except
in a most general, superficial way, and
this dly. g d rather look at a thing and
use my oun imagination th du have my
reverie shattered by cold facts pronounced
at the in opportune moment. I admit there
may he guide of the perfect variety, but
have not found any as yet.