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The art of Florence, an interpretation (1912)

Powers, H. H. (Harry Huntington), 1859-1936 · Newton, University Prints · leaf 318

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and shadowy domes, assuming cherubic forms with-out change of their shadowy substance.y- The great picture upon the other side, the so-called Schoolof Athens (C 167), is another example of the same sort. Herewe have an architectural background, giving us a symmetryvery much of the cathedral sort… … o (N O I COGO o eg> eg © ® c3 en a O oo l> o U 302 Mornings with Masters of Art the pictorial decoration of the Renaissance. Unhke the flatdecorations of the Middle Ages, this decoration does not leavethe wall in thought in its true place, but compels us to thinkit quite away. In this respect…

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