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works of thebuilding. This is the period in which he designed theCampanile—the bell tower of the Cathedral—of which Ruskin says: Of living Christianwork, none is so perfect as the tower ofGiotto; and of which Longfellow writes: In the old Tuscan town stands Giottos tower,The lily of Florence… … Cathedral and CampanileShowing part of the Baptistery The Artists and the Churches. virgin, rises the inviolate tower of the lowly,that Giotto built for God. The tower of Giotto, like a thing of Para-dise,, fair and fresh in its perfect grace asthough angels had builded it in the night…
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