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Essentials in art (1920)

Sirén, Osvald, 1879- · London : John Lane ; New York : John Lane company · leaf 164

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arkable feature of this is that the likenessusually does not appear to be the result of actualimitation or study, but of a genius akin to that ofthe ancients. When the classical influence is most apparent,most genuine, and of the greatest merit in Donatello,it is probably also most unconscious. He… … VA LATE GOTHIC POET OF LINE A LATE GOTHIC POET OF LINE HALFWAY between Florence and Arezzo, inthe middle of the fertile valley of the Arno,lies a little place called Figline. It seemsto have possessed a certain importanceeven in the Middle Ages, for it still contains severalancient churches, and…

Donatello, 1386?-1466 · Spinelli, Parri, 1387-1452 · Art · Art and religion

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