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The art of Florence, an interpretation (1912)

Powers, H. H. (Harry Huntington), 1859-1936 · Newton, University Prints · leaf 183

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t not the less vivid and real,perform their part in the stories assigned them, the exquisitedelicacy of the draperies, the grace with which the angelsmove with outspread wings and folded feet. The charm isboth that of sculpture and of decoration. Every figure anddetail is beautifully executed and… … B 400, Pilaster at Extreme Left (Detail, Fagade), Cathedral, Orvieto. Fourteenth Centxiry. The Contribution of Pisa 167 more beautiful decorations in this first century of the Renais-sance, possibly none even in the second. It is significant that the first important work of sculpturein Florence…

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