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Guide to Siena : history and art (1905)

Heywood, W. (William), 1857-1919, Olcott, Lucy M · Siena : E. Torrini · leaf 200

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e work no special mentionneed be made. As was the case with her architects andpainters, Sienas stone-cutters never fell, duringthe centuries that followed, into the disorderlyextravagance that marked the history of otherschools, and such late sculpture as she turnedout, although generally quite… … Alinari photo. The Risen Christ VECCHIKTrA PAINTING FEW schools of painting have met with suchneglect as has that of Siena—a neglect whichmay in part be accounted for by the extremeconservatism of her art. For, although the workof the Sienese School, properly so called, maybe said to have extended…

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