A new history of painting in Italy, from the second to the sixteenth century (1864)
Crowe, J. A. (Joseph Archer), 1825-1896, Cavalcaselle, G. B. (Giovanni Battista), 1820-1897 · London, J. Murray · leaf 188
ol of Sienna, was still on the falseground of his predecessors, still striving by febrile activityin a confined and vicious circle, to show how high artmight be brought by one who neglected its simplest yetgrandest maxims. He supported the Siennese school byhis talent and power. He could not raise… … Chap. VI. SARDI CHAPEL AT PISA. 159 his successors. Sienna gained less from him than it didfrom the Lorenzetti. It could not rival Florence; notbecause it had not created men of talent, but because ithad had no Giotto. A glance at the figures of the Evangelists and doctorsin the angles of the…
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