Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Detroit, Mich., Published for the Bay View Reading Club by the Macmillan Company, New York · leaf 234
of thedawn of the spirit life.Day and Nightare conceived as theantitheses of life anddeath. These tombsare in a chapel of theFlorentine Church ofSan Lorenzo, whoseerection by Brunellescohas been mentioned(p.73), and were fin-ished about 1534. Of earlier date, about1513, are the twoCaptives now in… … Fig. 146.—Tomb of Lorenzo Medici. Florence.Allegorical Figures of Twilight and Dawn. 226 Renaissance and Modern Art. diminished plan of his tomb made it impossible to connectthese finished figures with it, and they found their wayto France. Here again the prophetic misanthropy of Michael Angelohas…
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