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The art of Florence, an interpretation (1918)

Powers, H. H. (Harry Huntington), 1859-1936 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 201

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ture, let us seekagain a main line or mass. It is difficult to pick out any onethat is intentionally prominent. We can hardly do betterthan to take the figure of Abraham which is drawn in a straight,semi-diagonal line from the upper center to the lower right-hand corner. The other figures or masses… … B 429, The Sacrifice of Abraham (Competitive Panel), Bargello, Florence. Filippo Brunelleschi, 1377-1446. Ghiherti, the Painter in Bronze 183 filled too full, the figures are crowded out of the space andlap over and obscure the frame, a most unfortunate feature.The upper left-hand corner is…

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