Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy . and sensualism manifested themselves and became was the Renaissance announcing its coming and preparing the wayfor it. And so Florence steps out beyond her sphere. She is no longerthe rich commercial town of Tuscany, the warring and industrialcity of Centra] Italy: she is becoming rapidly and energetically theItalian city par excellence, the center from which spring the hardiestcharacters of the race, a repr
Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy . and sensualism manifested themselves and became was the Renaissance announcing its coming and preparing the wayfor it. And so Florence steps out beyond her sphere. She is no longerthe rich commercial town of Tuscany, the warring and industrialcity of Centra] Italy: she is becoming rapidly and energetically theItalian city par excellence, the center from which spring the hardiestcharacters of the race, a representative city which expressed and cele-brated by its beauty a renewing of conscience and of intimate sociallife. To this day, all the treasures amassed during two centuries are living- testimonials of this bewitching city—palaces, churches, paint-ings, sculptures—but there arc few palaces, like that of the Davan/ati,which offer so strong, so intense and so complete an impression ofthe lives spent there, transporting us, while powerfully exciting ourimagination and sensibility, to the most intimate intimacy of theRenaissance.—Art. Jahn a o-ft < 8 < / < Q THIRD AFTERNOONS SALE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1916 AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES BEGINNING AT OCLOCK Catalogue Nos. 331 to 454a, inclusive
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