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Siena and her artists (1907)

Seymour, Frederick H. A · London : T. Fisher Unwin · leaf 152

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s during itsexecution, would have followed its progresswith pride, and would have been greatlyinterested in comparing this great frescowith his own *Majestas. The developmentof the earlier type has here been suddenand radical. The hieratic idol has become a livingwoman, has developed into the Queen… … Photo] The Madonna.From Sinione Maitinis Majestas. {Lombardi SIMONE MARTINI 12S for the customary Byzantine chair. Thusit will be seen that the Gothic style wasalready beginning to obtain in Italy. Agreat company of Saints and Apostles aregathered together upon either side of thethrone, and several…

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