The renaissance: its art and life; Florence (1450-1550) (1908)
Brinton, Selwyn, 1859-1940 · Paris, New York [etc.] Goupil & Co. · leaf 154
a hurry to deliver his commission andreturn to his bottega. Behind these two a garden of well-kept flowersis bounded by a wall, behind which cypress and magnolia trees aredefined against the clear blue sky with its foamy little banks of cloud. What hurts the colour scheme is the insistent vermilion… … FLORENTINE ART UNDER COSIMO DE MEDICI. 65 runs over the arch of the cortile, and reappears in the shoe and book ofMadonna. Imagine, says Crowe of this painting, an Archangel in boots;but he adds — the principal characteristic of this painting is its technicalexecution. Every detail is seen to be…
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