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The art of Florence, an interpretation (1918)

Powers, H. H. (Harry Huntington), 1859-1936 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 96

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isappearing through the open door;another is making his way as rapidly as possible towardit, while the third and last, also minded to escape, is laid holdof by the attendant, with obvious expostulation. Noticethe expression upon his face. In it we can read the con-flicting emotions of anger and… … 78 Mornings with Masters of Art but so is countenance as well. We must wait a century andmore to find another picture in which emotion reveals itselfso significantly. Giotto at the last anticipates the centuriesthat are to come. He is the prophecy of the Renaissance,and at the best, almost its…

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