The renaissance: its art and life; Florence (1450-1550) (1908)
Brinton, Selwyn, 1859-1940 · Paris, New York [etc.] Goupil & Co. · leaf 460
osed the Imperialists and the Pope. But Clement had probably little intention of keeping to these milderconditions; once in power of the city he summoned a Parlamento andcreated a Balia, which should be the instrument of his vengeance; and byits means he killed, tortured, and exiled all those… … THE FALL OF FLORENCE. 195 Fra Benedetto, who had upheld the Florentines by his preaching, wasstarved by inches (his bread each day diminished) in the lowest dungeonof the Castel Sant Angelo; and Michelangelo took hiding for his life, itis said, within the bell-tower of S. Niccolo in Oltr Arno.…
Art · Art, Renaissance
Internet Archive · Smithsonian Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.