The painters of Florence from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century . -Z&nuz^iia^ c^a-fZnoi, de£i WadA»i,&Si>tAtt-ed^ THE PAINTERSOF FLORENCE FROM THE THIRTEENTH TO THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY By JULIA CARTWRIGHT (Mrs ADY) with illustrations Cosa bella mortal passa, e non darte.—Lbonardo da NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON & CO. LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1901 PREFACE The Florentine School of Painting is in many re-spects the finest and most interesting in the its masters cannot be said to equal the Venetiansin depth and splendour of colour, they surpass thoseof all ot
The painters of Florence from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century . -Z&nuz^iia^ c^a-fZnoi, de£i WadA»i,&Si>tAtt-ed^ THE PAINTERSOF FLORENCE FROM THE THIRTEENTH TO THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY By JULIA CARTWRIGHT (Mrs ADY) with illustrations Cosa bella mortal passa, e non darte.—Lbonardo da NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON & CO. LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1901 PREFACE The Florentine School of Painting is in many re-spects the finest and most interesting in the its masters cannot be said to equal the Venetiansin depth and splendour of colour, they surpass thoseof all other cities in beauty of line and elevation ofthought, in grandeur of conception and intellectualforce. During the great revival of art and learningwhich took place in Italy, from the beginning ofthe fourteenth to the close of the sixteenth century,Florence took the lead among Italian cities and becamethe home of the literary, artistic and scientific move-ment. Both the political conditions of the state andnational character of the people combined to producean intellectual and artistic supremacy only equalled bythat of Athens in days of old. The Florentine artistgrew up in a free and prosperous city, surrounded byan atmosphere of culture in which the passion forbeauty was allied with a keenly
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