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Siena and her artists (1907)

Seymour, Frederick H. A · London: T. Fisher Unwin · leaf 56

An illustration from Siena and her artists, 1907, leaf 56
th century. Since the dawn of Christian art, nothingso worthy had been done. It is in itselfan earlier Renaissance. Niccol6s studies inclassical art had induced him utterly torenounce Byzantinism, and that without anysubservience to Greece or Rome. For, hadhe not been fiUed with the perception… … THE CATHEDRAL 38 is carved a noble relief representing someevent in the Life or Death of our Saviour,or, as finally, the Last Judgment. Thelatter rehef especially is a masterpiece, andone of the very earliest representations ofthe subject. The pulpit is supported bycolumns which spring from the…

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