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 . ART (1400-1500) first placed in the cortile of tiiat new and sumptuous palace(now the Riccardi) the erection of which was perhaps onecause of his banishment; the indescribably beautiful Cantoria(Fig. 46) ; the splendid bronze equestrian statue, at Padua, ofGattamelata (p. 281 «.). The bronze reliefs on the S. Ivorenzopulpit, designed by Donatello when an old man of about
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 . ART (1400-1500) first placed in the cortile of tiiat new and sumptuous palace(now the Riccardi) the erection of which was perhaps onecause of his banishment; the indescribably beautiful Cantoria(Fig. 46) ; the splendid bronze equestrian statue, at Padua, ofGattamelata (p. 281 «.). The bronze reliefs on the S. Ivorenzopulpit, designed by Donatello when an old man of about 75,and executed mainly by his pupils, are overwrought andtheatrical and by no means so attractive as a much earherwork of his, namely the dancing putti on the curious externalpulpit of Prato Cathedral. Ivuca della Robbia (1400-1482) produced one great work ofsculptured marble—the splendid Cantoria (choir gallery) made in1431 for the Florentine Cathedral, and now preserved, togetherwith the above-mentioned similar gallery by Donatello, inthe Opera del Duomo—and late in life together with Michelozzohe made the fine bronze doors of the New Sacristy that savedthe life of lyorenzo de Medici; but he is chiefly famous f
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