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 184
ger bearsin his hand a branch of half-opened lilies, anemblem borrowed from Byzantine iconography,and a sign of imperial dominion. On the south side are the Nativity and theOfferings of the Wise Men. The treatment ofthe Nativity is somewhat unusual. The Virgin,a woman advanced in years, sits by a… … . /Ae, . aIliiia,f/f - . )I(UTiiKii■■ cj the. \ train . 1/1,rca ( rra,ni,i DESCRIPTION 137 stable, the shepherds, the angel, and the star ofBethlehem. The visit of the Magi is a fine anddramatic group. The figures of the Virgin andChild are graceful and full of life and dignity,as also are those of…
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