Five Italian shrines; an account of the monumental tombs of S. Augustine at Pavia, S. Dominic at Bologna, S. Peter Martyr at Milan, S. Donato at Arezzo, and of Orcagna's tabernacolo at Florence, with a prefatory essay on Tuscan sculpture (1906)
Waters, W. G. (William George), 1844-1928 · London : J. Murray · leaf 176
n this Society, brought a rich harvest of offer-ings made by way of enlisting the good offices ofthe Virgin of Or. S. Michele in these periloustimes, and in 1349 the Laudesi resolved to devotea part of their wealth to the construction of astately setting for the miraculous picture, whichhad… … Andrea OrcagnaThe Tabernacolo. Details of Sculpture, etc. ORCAGNAS APPOINTMENT 131 maestro of Or. S. Michele in 1355, and a happierchoice could not have been made. Orcagna wasone of those men of universal gifts of whom Italyhas ever been the nursing-mother. He was gold-smith, architect, painter,…
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