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Art and nature under an Italian sky (1852)

Dunbar, Margaret Juliana Maria · Edinburgh : Thomas Constable and Co. ; London : Hamilton, Adams, and Co. · leaf 281

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y, on which Michael Angelo bestowed themost extravagant praise. One was executed by AndreaPisano, the other two by Ghiberti. The finest, I think, isthe eastern—representing various striking events in Old Tes-tament history. When the light falls on them in a parti-cular way, no chiaro scuro drawing… … ke lovely day we accompanied the C s to X Fiesole. The drive is a delightful and variedone, now passing amid villas and grassyslopes, with luxuriant creepers overhangingthe walls,—now winding up the steep ascent1 ictween high banks covered with low brushwood.Wild rose, honeysuckle, and a beautiful…

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