In and out of Florence; a new introduction to a well-known city . and years, for its beginning goes back to theninth century, and its last extensive repairing oc-curred in the nineteenth. In Its devotion to short-columned galleries on Its fagade it is more Pisan thananything Pisa can boast of, for two stories of thesegalleries are carried right on up into the air farabove the roof of the nave. The architect aban-doned all reality in order to Indulge a too pretentiousaspiration. On the wall angle to the right of the central doorof San Michele Is a statue of the Madonna by CIvI-tali, and in the
In and out of Florence; a new introduction to a well-known city . and years, for its beginning goes back to theninth century, and its last extensive repairing oc-curred in the nineteenth. In Its devotion to short-columned galleries on Its fagade it is more Pisan thananything Pisa can boast of, for two stories of thesegalleries are carried right on up into the air farabove the roof of the nave. The architect aban-doned all reality in order to Indulge a too pretentiousaspiration. On the wall angle to the right of the central doorof San Michele Is a statue of the Madonna by CIvI-tali, and in the loggia of the Palazzo Pretorio, acrossthe piazza, Is a statue of the artist himself. In San Romano, near the Piazza Napoleone, there 338 Florentine Excursions is a strange tomb monument of Civitalis stands just behind the high altar, and is the monu-ment of the martyred St. Romanus. The youthfulfigure of the saint, in painted alabaster, lies in a nicheunder an inscription, with a pitying Christ and twocherubim heads in a flat lunette above. The recum-. San Michele in Lucca. bent figure is modeled in high relief, and seems con-tinually on the point of rolling out of its shallowniche. It is also contorted rather distressfully inorder to show as much of itself as possible. However,despite the unhappy position and apparently con-stantly Imminent catastrophe, the figure has muchbeauty. Another of Civitalis colored pieces, an Assump-tion of the Madonna, is to be found in the museumin the Palazzo Provinciale on the Piazza Napoleone. Lucca 339 In this museum also are two pictures of Fra Bar-tolommeo, one very famous, as well as a number ofothers of some interest. In trying to come back to the center of town fromSan Frediano, we took, by good fortune, a wrongway. It brought us under that tower whose forestedsummit—one tree and a bush are forest enough fora towers top—is so conspicuous in any general viewof the town. The building above which it rises isone of the palaces of
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