TORSO
This painting of St. Sebastian is in effect a Hellenistic statue,
set against a magnificent Renaissance background.
His martyrdom and suffering leave us relatively unmoved.
Notice how Perugino, that Umbrian peasant,
could transform the local rustics into saints and madonnas.
Notice how he surrenders to this tragedy of pain and suffering...
with lyrical indifference.
Perugino was reluctant to paint blood,
so his tears are like drops of dew under his eyes.
His scenes rarely exude an air of drama.
This is true of his St. Sebastian in Stockholm, and also in the Louvre.
Everything is bathed in an elegance approaching the supernatural.
Here, the figure seems to be traced directly from ancient Greece.
In a very personal way,
Perugino had absorbed the lesson of the great Piero della Francesca,
only to decline in his later years...
into a sort of convoluted and provincial formalism...
that decidedly undermines the power and originality of his later work.
That's all for today.
- Is the prosecutor coming? - Yes, we informed him.
Did you see the car first?
I wasn't standing here. I was over there.
The fact is, Inspector, we don't have proper facilities out here.
How can I put this? We "litter". It happens.
- What do you mean by "litter"? - How should I put it?
Well, let's not mince words. I was going to take a crap.
But when I saw him, I got all constipated.
- It's all blocked up in here. - Take his statement.
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