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304 Painting spirit, the expression of his passionate love of spiritual beauty ; and, although not characterised by the powerful drawing and exact imitation of nature of cotemporary Fig. 127.— S. Lawrence giving alms. By Fra Angelico. In the Chapel of Nicholas V. in the Vatican. masters, they have a charm and pathos of their own, and combine in the highest degree the two great requisites of ideal art — expression and pictorial power.