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Studio international (1893)

London, Cory, Adams & Mackay [etc.] · leaf 51

An illustration from Studio international, 1893, leaf 51
Plorence, whichastounded me, as you may guess. Oh, the delicioushours I spent in the Convent of San Marcocopying the face of the Virgin in Fra AngelicosAnnunciation ! How greatly I preferred thesimple grace of Fra Angelico and Giotto to thecleverness, the perfect knowledge of Titian andVeronese and… … HARMON IE had always guessed that he had a preference forthose artists who are somewhat disdainfully styledprimitive. To hear him recall, after so manyyears, the remembrance of the hours he passed inthe companionship of the adorable frescoist of SanMarco enabled one to understand his artists soulto…

Art · Decoration and ornament

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