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The art of Florence, an interpretation (1918)

Powers, H. H. (Harry Huntington), 1859-1936 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 147

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he beginning of a new spirit.The angel is decorous, performs his part perfectly, much as achild ministrant before the altar, but the face suggests thenonchalance and the carefreeness of the child and not thespiritual significance of the occasion. There is nothing at allof the tender reverence that… … OiCO CDO ftft oftft S-i oo Oo o rH The Revolt against the Church 129 If now we turn to the beautiful Madonna and Child withtwo Angels (B 152), in the Uffizi, we see a still further advancealong the same line, not to mention advance along other lines,for our artist has become the great colorist of…

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