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Florence (1901)

Allen, Grant, 1848-1899 · Boston : L. C. Page · leaf 221

An illustration from Florence, 1901, leaf 221
ss.Later, Donatello attains to more modest cour-age. Close by, a bust of Genevra Cavalcanti,in bronze, is a successful rendering of an unat-tractive personage. All the casts and originalsin this room should be carefully compared withoriginals elsewhere in Florence. Nowhere elsein the world does so… … DONATELLO. — ST. GEORGE. The Bargello. 155 former are the boy ascetic in the desert, whileothers are just the joyous young patron ofFlorence. These two boyish figures, St. Johnthe Baptist and David, lie at the root ofRenaissance sculpture in Tuscany. The Second Hall, very dark, contains…

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