Italy from Dante to Tasso (1300-1600) : its political history as viewed from the standpoints of the chief cities, with descriptions of important episodes and personalities and of the art and literature of the three centuries . a. 45 ? St. Gkorgk, by Donatei,i,o 415 ART (1400-1500) some of Verrocchios characteristics—^that intensity, for in-stance, that we see in the David, and that mastery in equestriansculpture that is proved by the CoUeone—were potent influencesthat modified the imique genius of lyconardo da Vinci; norshould we forget the two great Delia Robbias, whose works,entirely unaffec
Italy from Dante to Tasso (1300-1600) : its political history as viewed from the standpoints of the chief cities, with descriptions of important episodes and personalities and of the art and literature of the three centuries . a. 45 ? St. Gkorgk, by Donatei,i,o 415 ART (1400-1500) some of Verrocchios characteristics—^that intensity, for in-stance, that we see in the David, and that mastery in equestriansculpture that is proved by the CoUeone—were potent influencesthat modified the imique genius of lyconardo da Vinci; norshould we forget the two great Delia Robbias, whose works,entirely unaffected by classicism, manifest a spirit almostGreek in its power of creating things of beauty.^ Between Orcagna and the Quattrocento we have, as hasbeen noted in the case of painting, a barren interval of about30 years, but about the beginning of the century we find asplendid group of young artists, destined to initiate the greatEarly Renaissance school of sculpture. The chief of thesewere Delia Querela, Brunelleschi, Ghiberti, and were soon to be followed by Luca della Robbia and theRosselhni, and then by Desiderio of Settignano, Mino ofFiesole, Verrocchio, Andrea della Robbia, and Benedetto ofMaiano. A
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