Disciples of sorts, they would imitate and elegize the "breath-force" of an old master's brushwork, his aesthetic doctrine, and his way of seeing nature -- with a devotional zeal bordering on religious passion.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Encounter With the Sublime] Reference

Under the aegis of concinnitas, with all things harmoniously enjoined, Pietro Bembo could elegize: "beautiful sky, beautiful earth, beautiful sea, beautiful rivers, beautiful lands, beautiful woods, trees, gardens; beautiful cities, beautiful churches, houses, armies.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro] Reference