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The art of Florence, an interpretation (1918)

Powers, H. H. (Harry Huntington), 1859-1936 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 172

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epting any attention thatwe might be tempted to give to the angel and Zacharias.More striking still is this interference in the picture of the Na-tivity of John the Baptist (B 200), where the attention of nurse,mother, and all other participants is completely absorbedby the awe-inspiring presence… … 154 Mornings with Masters of Art alleged religious theme begun by Fra Lippo is here as com-plete as it is in Botticellis Visit of the Magi, but withoutthe compensations which Botticelli gives us, for Botticellioften in such cases gives us a group of portraits, always freefrom Ghirlandajos stage…

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