The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 157
s with insipidity (Figs.233, 234). Fra Filippo Lippi, anothermonk, but a monk who had not alto-gether broken with the world (1406-1463), was, as it were, the synthesis ofFra Angelico and Masaccio; strength—still somewhat rugged in its vigour—is happily married to tenderness inhis best works,… … FIG. 239.—ALLEGORY OF SPRING.BOTTICELLI. (Academy, Florence.) a master of line in his rare pictures(Figs. 235, 237) ; he was, moreover,the first of the Florentines to under-stand landscape, and the part playedtherein not only by forms, but by lightand air. We must not, however.
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