A guide to the paintings in the churches and minor museums of Florence; a critical catalogue, with quotations from Vasari (1908)
Cruttwell, Maud, Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574 · London, J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton & co. · leaf 206
is dedicated to S. Thomas Aquinas.The frescoes were finished 1357. *(Altar Wall.) The Last Judgment. Above is the Almighty with the Angels sounding thetrumpets. Left, kneeJs the Virgin with the Apostlesand Saints, and below an Angel assists the dead torise from the tombs. Right, a devil drags away… … Orcagna in space-filling, on the divided scenes of theGiottesques, is remarkable. Some of the figures havegreat beauty. All are, however, much repainted. 192 S. MARIA NOVELLA (Right Wall.) The Inferno. The composition follows closely the Dantesque con-ception. It is the work of Leonardo Orcagna,…
Art · Painting, Italian
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