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 . 14. {&) From Ghibertis Second Baptistery Door 192. ART (130 0-140 o) TMs great Tabernacle, within which is preserved the ancientIkon, is a miracle of carving and inlay work in marbles andprecious stones and metal. It is adorned with pinnaclesand pilasters and statues and a picture (perhaps by Orcagna) ;but of greatest value are the marble reliefs round the of t
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 . 14. {&) From Ghibertis Second Baptistery Door 192. ART (130 0-140 o) TMs great Tabernacle, within which is preserved the ancientIkon, is a miracle of carving and inlay work in marbles andprecious stones and metal. It is adorned with pinnaclesand pilasters and statues and a picture (perhaps by Orcagna) ;but of greatest value are the marble reliefs round the of these scenes from the Virgins life, such as the Spoza-lisio (Fig. 13 {a)), are of exquisite beauty and most interesting asthe finest specimens of the new Italian sculpture produced afterAndrea Pisanos Campanile and Baptistery reliefs and Ghibertisfirst Baptistery door. It will have been noted that although Pisa gave birth tothe founders of the new sculpture it was Florence that fosteredthem. As in the case of painting, so also in regard to sculp-ture and architecture, the rest of Italy was mostly dependenton Florence—or anyhow on Tuscany—during the important exception is, as usual, Venice; for in sculp-ture, as in painting and architecture, Venice was i
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