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 188
hich the High Priestawaits her, while her parents stand below, oneon each side of the staircase. She is turningtowards them, and pointing to the Temple sheis about to enter. In the relief of the Birth ofthe Virgin classic influences are apparent; thethree women standing round the bed might havebeen… … Andrea OrcagnaThe Tabernacolo. Sagacity THE GREAT RELIEF 139 It is certainly one of the earliest, and quite themost important,1 of the Italian renderings insculpture of the legend, founded on a poem attri-buted to S. John the Evangelist, which tells howthe Virgin had been promised by Christ that…
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