Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . ng of many voices. Afterwards there was a procession to the PiazzaSan Marco, where a very curious round was danced. Those who took part in it stood inhree concentric circles : the inner one consisting of the monks of St. Marks Convent FLORENCE. i6r alternating with boys dressed to represent angels, the next of acolytes and young men ofthe laity, and the outer one of old men, citizens, and priests, the latter crowned with olive-branches. But—on Ascension Day of the following year, another pile stood in the Piazza dellaSignoria, and with it the body of Savonar
Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . ng of many voices. Afterwards there was a procession to the PiazzaSan Marco, where a very curious round was danced. Those who took part in it stood inhree concentric circles : the inner one consisting of the monks of St. Marks Convent FLORENCE. i6r alternating with boys dressed to represent angels, the next of acolytes and young men ofthe laity, and the outer one of old men, citizens, and priests, the latter crowned with olive-branches. But—on Ascension Day of the following year, another pile stood in the Piazza dellaSignoria, and with it the body of Savonarola, after being seven times put to the tortureand finally strangled, was burnt to ashes ! The old historic Piazza contains buildings so bold and grandiose in conception as torecal the ancient Roman architecture. Here we see the daring idea of Arnolfo whoerected the tower of the Palazzo Vecchio ; that is to say, he carried up the broad, massive,ancient tower of the Fornaboschi to a dizzy height above the roof of the building, and. PALAZZO PITTI. crowned it with a sort of stone baldacchino resting on four huge round stone pillars, so thatthis tower commands a view over Florence only rivalled by that from the dome of theCathedral. Yonder we behold the great work of Orcagna, after whose design the Loggiade Lanzi was built, (subsequent, however, to Orcagnas death) the noblest and mostbeautiful open arcade in Italy. Only three wide arches rise upon rich pillars ; but whatarches ! How perfect in symmetry and proportion ! The Loggia was completed in 1387,and one may date from thence the commencement of the Rinascimento, the new birthof classic art and architecture. In truth, however, it was quite a new art that then arose,as distinct and different from the old, as is the modern world from the ancient. Thisbuilding has ever been the delight of connoisseurs. When Lorenzo de Medici beggedMichael Angelo to design him a supremely magnificent palace for the magistracy, to beerected on the
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