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Siena and her artists (1907)

Seymour, Frederick H. A · London : T. Fisher Unwin · leaf 54

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nth century. Since the dawn of Christian art, nothingso worthy had been done. It is in itselfan earlier Renaissance. Niccolos studies inclassical art had induced him utterly torenounce Byzantinism, and that without anysubservience to Greece or Rome. For, hadhe not been filled with the perception… … THE CATHEDRAL 3S is carved a noble relief representing someevent in the Life or Death of our Saviour,or, as finally, the *Last Judgment. Thelatter relief especially is a masterpiece, andone of the very earliest representations ofthe subject. The pulpit is supported bycolumns which spring from the…

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