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The renaissance: its art and life; Florence (1450-1550)

Brinton, Selwyn, 1859-1940 · 1908 · Paris, New York [etc.] Goupil & Co. · 76 pictures

A survey of Florentine art and society from 1450 to 1550 written by Selwyn Brinton and issued in 1908 by Goupil & Co. in Paris and New York for collectors of illustrated art editions. The plates are sepia photogravures of frescoes, altar panels and marble tombs, giving deep-perspective architectural interiors, robed standing figures, carved effigies under draped canopies, and Latin inscription tablets flanked by angels and ornamental border strips.

Art · Art, Renaissance

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