Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 702
nd gestures are rightly conceived, and, in the principalfigures at least, full of dignity and grandeur. The garments have ITALY. entirely lost the Byzantine superabundance of folds. Whenpared with the rich draperies of Northern Gothic art they h.r.most a scant, appearance ; still, the necessary Lin… … Fig. 406.—The Vow of Poverty. Painting by Giotto upon at Assisi. the Ceiling of S. Francesco architecture merely symbolical; the animals are treated as acces:ries, with no deep study of nature. The later works of Giotto show greater maturity of style, cor-rectness of form, higher expression, and…
Art, Medieval
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