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Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936, Blashfield, Evangeline Wilbour, d. 1918 · New York : Scribner's · leaf 176

An illustration from Italian cities, 1903, leaf 176
tand last impression in the under-church of Assisi,an impression complicated and enriched by thesense of a population of saints pictured upon theirfar-reaching curves. It is at first confusing; every-thing is dominated by a sense of color, of warmdusky reds, of ultramarine grayed by the… … ASSTSI the surrounding gloom slill deeper and more rich.The middle ages are calling to us with that color-voice which sounds from the walls of every deco-rated Gothic church, the strong and simple chordof red and blue and gold. The true way to see the frescoes is to linger inthe south transept…

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