History of mediæval art . e,the work of Arnolfo di Cambio. Reminiscences of it appear in theneighboring Chapel of Or San Michele, A. D. 1337 to 1360, whichis said to have been commenced by Taddeo Gaddi, and was com-pleted by Orcagna; also in the Loggia dei Lanzi at Florence, whichwas designed in 1356 but not begun until 1376, this date provingthat nothing more than the plan of the latter building can be as-cribed to Orcagna. The influence of Arnolfos work is not seen alone in the produc-tions of Florentine masters, but can be traced in distant towns, ITALY. 577 where there is no documentary pr
History of mediæval art . e,the work of Arnolfo di Cambio. Reminiscences of it appear in theneighboring Chapel of Or San Michele, A. D. 1337 to 1360, whichis said to have been commenced by Taddeo Gaddi, and was com-pleted by Orcagna; also in the Loggia dei Lanzi at Florence, whichwas designed in 1356 but not begun until 1376, this date provingthat nothing more than the plan of the latter building can be as-cribed to Orcagna. The influence of Arnolfos work is not seen alone in the produc-tions of Florentine masters, but can be traced in distant towns, ITALY. 577 where there is no documentary proof of any connection with hisschool. An instance of this is the Cathedral of Bologna, S. Petronio,designed by Antonio di Vicenzo {Fig. 370). This building, whichwas intended to be the largest church of the period, is scarcely morethan half completed. It was begun in 1390, and the vaults of thenave are as late as 1580, the system of the Florentine cathedralbeing thus continued, without essential improvement, until late in.
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