Allen, Grant, 1848-1899 · Boston : L. C. Page · leaf 106
The sim-plicity of the treatment is indeed reminiscentof Giottos manner, but few critics, I fancy,will agree with Mr. Ruskin in attributing theseworks to the actual hand of the master.Remember, too, that Giotto is always simple,because he is early; later times continuallyelaborated and enriched his… … The Spanish Chapel. 6i the Madonna dell Arena at Padua, and otherexamples. This cloister also contains a vulgarly colouredand somewhat coarse terra-cotta relief of Christas the Gardener and the Magdalen in the Gar-den. I will not further particularise, but severalhours may be spent in examining the…
Art, Italian · Florence (Italy) -- Description and travel
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