. Florence and her treasures. he thirst ofthe Christian prisoners sentenced to labour in the quarries.(5) S. Thomas Aquinas expounds the Dogma of the Incarna-tion to his scholars. First Room of Botticelli, or the Primavera The less important works are omitted. No. 68. Francesco Granacci. The Assumption of theVirgin. Brilliant colour distinguishes this artists work. Vasari,recording this painting, executed for the nuns of Sto. Spirito(Costa San Giorgio), calls theesoldier-saint S. Fedele, a mis-take for S. Felix or S. George, whose church stood hardby the Nunnery. The others are SS. Catherine,
. Florence and her treasures. he thirst ofthe Christian prisoners sentenced to labour in the quarries.(5) S. Thomas Aquinas expounds the Dogma of the Incarna-tion to his scholars. First Room of Botticelli, or the Primavera The less important works are omitted. No. 68. Francesco Granacci. The Assumption of theVirgin. Brilliant colour distinguishes this artists work. Vasari,recording this painting, executed for the nuns of Sto. Spirito(Costa San Giorgio), calls theesoldier-saint S. Fedele, a mis-take for S. Felix or S. George, whose church stood hardby the Nunnery. The others are SS. Catherine, Giovan-Gualberto, and Bernardo degli Uberti. No. 65. Luca Signorelli. Crucifixion. The distant view of the Red Sea— the waters were a wallunto them on their right hand and on their left ( 22)—typifies the passage of Israel from the old order tothe new. No. 71. Verrocchio. The Baptis7n of Christ. The tradition that Leonardo da Vinci, Verrocchios greatpupil, painted the figure of the kneeling Angel (profile) in the. THE BAPTISM OF CHRISTFrom the painting by Andrea Verrocchio in Hie A trade). p. 218 219 foreground of his masters picture has been contested ontechnical grounds, but still finds supporters. This fine workaffords conspicuous proof of that conscientious search fortruth which is so distinctive a feature of Florentine attitudes of the Saviour and S. John are landscape is very beautiful. No. 73. Botticelli. The Coronation of the of the artists most poetic religious Virgin, seated upon clouds, is crowned by God theFather. She looks benignly upon her votaries : SS. Johnthe Evangelist, Augustine, Jerome, and Eloy. The Angelsscattering flowers seem to move to unseen music, and recallFra Angelicos heavenly choir. Damaged by 62. Filippo Lippi. The Coronation of the artists most important work. He departs fromtradition in setting the scene amid terrestrial surroundings,which,
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