More magic pictures of the long ago; stories of the people of many lands; with reproductions from works of art and old manuscripts (1920)
Chandler, Anna Curtis · New York : H. Holt · leaf 113
away from this fresh paint, and he tried to brush itaway, believing it was real. Thou mischievousboy, he cried when he found out how he had beendeceived, dost thou thus spend thy moments whenI am not here to watch thee? But I cannot scoldthee, my lad, for it has well shown thy skill in paint-ing.… … Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. THE VISIT OF THE MAGI By the School of Giotto. In this picture a follower of Giotto, the first of the Florentine painters, is tryingto get away from the old stiff rules and make the people and the landscape looknatural. The sky is still of gold but he has…
Children's stories · Storytelling
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