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The art of Florence, an interpretation (1918)

Powers, H. H. (Harry Huntington), 1859-1936 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 381

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and set up in alarge hall or in the open, it would leave little to be desired.But set it in a round frame, it is at odds with everything. Theartist seems to have realized this when his group was finishedand to have pondered what he should use to fill in the vacantspaces, and being firmly convinced,… … C 101, The Doni Madonna. Uffizi, Florence.Michelangelo, 1475-1564. The Great Pope, His Tomb and His Chapel 363 totally irrelevant to his subject, which are scattered promiscu-ously into an arid background. Nothing could be moreinappropriate. They are not connected with the theme noryet with the…

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