Pictures and their painters; the history of painting (1907)
Bryant, Lorinda Munson, 1855- · New York: John Lane Co. · leaf 55
has left to the world a ^ladonna and Child (Fig.17) now in the Church of Santa ^Maria Novella, Florence, that isfull of spirituality, and also begins to show a little of the spirit ofhumanity. It is Byzantine in style of composition, and por-tra>-s the traditions of the Church, but has the… … Fii:. 17.—Cimabue. Madonna ami Chiltl.Santa Maria Novella, Florence. CIMABUE—DUCCIO 27 the outer corner—with thin contracted eyeUds, through whichthe e3e is seen as through a slit—and the well-arched eyebrows.The artist, however, has put a little human life into the figure])} chopping the head on…
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