The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 154
lorentines in power, surpassedthem perhaps in passion, poetry, andtenderness. A little Sienese pictureof the highest quality is a feast for theeyes; but works of the first rank arerare in this school, which producedtoo quickly and too abundantly. Theweakness of the Sienese school wasthat it aimed… … FIG. 233.—PORTRAIT OF PIPPO SPANO.ANDREA DEL CASTAGNO. (Museum Florence.) contrasts and cheap pathos. By thebeginning of the fifteenth century, thevitality of the Sienese school was ex-hausted. Thenceforth, Florence, whohad learnt from her in the beginning,sent artists to her. The first of the…
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