Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959 · New York : F. F. Sherman · leaf 32
e mainoutlines, and distributing the known materials more orless coherently among the various dominions and dis-tricts. A detailed chronology has scarcely been at-tempted and accurate results are few. In the pres-ence of a painting like the one before us we feel themore baffled as, owing no doubt… … We must begin with the representation and try toascertain when it first occurred to an artist designing aNativity to move the Blessed Virgin ofif her couchand make her sit up, as she does in our picture, insteadof reclining, as we find her in Duccio and in all thepaintings of Giotto and his…
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