In and out of Florence; a new introduction to a well-known city . onesalso by several other artists. Within the church, orrather over the door leading into it from the cloisters,is del Sartos charming and celebrated Madonna delSacco. There is also an Assumption by Perugino ina dark chapel on the left of the nave; a characteristicpiece of sculpture by Bandinclli, a Pieta for his owntomb, in the right transept; and in the middle chapelin the rotunda choir behind the high altar are severalbeautiful bronze reliefs by Giovanni da Bologna (orhis pupils). The church is the burial place of bothAndrea
In and out of Florence; a new introduction to a well-known city . onesalso by several other artists. Within the church, orrather over the door leading into it from the cloisters,is del Sartos charming and celebrated Madonna delSacco. There is also an Assumption by Perugino ina dark chapel on the left of the nave; a characteristicpiece of sculpture by Bandinclli, a Pieta for his owntomb, in the right transept; and in the middle chapelin the rotunda choir behind the high altar are severalbeautiful bronze reliefs by Giovanni da Bologna (orhis pupils). The church is the burial place of bothAndrea del Sarto and Giovanni da Bologna. At the left of the main entrance is the ornateshrine built for Piero de Medici after Michelozzosdesign. It is set about with great candles and manyheavy, swinging, ever-burning brass lamps, the giftsof the noble families of the city. And the memoryof this sumptuous thing is, on the whole, a fitting onewith which to leave the church. There are several small pictures by GiovanniSignorini in the modern gallery upstairs in the Ac-. The Larger Churches 103 cademia, which are of much interest, whether goodpaintings or not, for they reproduce scenes of carnivaland festa hfe in old Florence, One of them showsthe Piazza of Santa Maria Novella on a day of thechariot races. The banked seats, the crowded people,
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