Monaldi: A Tale.
by ALLSTON, WASHINGTON.
Boston (Ticknor and Fields), 1856.. 278, (6), 10pp. Lrg. 8vo. Publishers embossed buckram (head of spine very slightly chipped). Second edition; the first appeared in 1841. Fictitious story of Monaldi, a young Italian painter, and Maldura, a young Italian poet, but also containing the philosophy and criticism of Washington Allston. Allston writes that the painter should combine a keen eye with a sensitive heart and a romantic imagination, skills in color and chiaroscuro with the poetry of human emotion. He discusses the love of excellence and the vulgarity of competition, the perfection of the paintings of Raphael and the elevating imagination of Michelangelo (Schimmelman). (Inventory #: B18592-1)