In and out of Florence; a new introduction to a well-known city . of the royal apartments aretwo striking paintings by Botticelli, one a Madonnawith roses and the other the curiously composedPallas, discovered In the palace in 1894 by anEnglish artist, and held by many to be one of the mostrarely beautiful of Botticellis works. Behind and above the five hundred feet of lengthof the PittI palace, are the Boboll Gardens (enteredthrough the portal near the entrance to the gallery).They are an excellent example of the formal Italianstyle of landscape gardening. There are many long,straight, hedge-
In and out of Florence; a new introduction to a well-known city . of the royal apartments aretwo striking paintings by Botticelli, one a Madonnawith roses and the other the curiously composedPallas, discovered In the palace in 1894 by anEnglish artist, and held by many to be one of the mostrarely beautiful of Botticellis works. Behind and above the five hundred feet of lengthof the PittI palace, are the Boboll Gardens (enteredthrough the portal near the entrance to the gallery).They are an excellent example of the formal Italianstyle of landscape gardening. There are many long,straight, hedge-lined alleys and paths with the vistasclosed by fountains or statues, and there are stoneand stucco structures of various sorts and degrees ofbeauty or ugliness. In the latter category the palmIs held by the Grotto (near the entrance), which con-tains four great unfinished statues reputed to be 156 Castles and Palaces Michelangelos beginnings for the Captives whichwere to adorn the never completed tomb of PopeJulius II in Rome. These four unfortunates in their. In the Boboli Gardens. Grotto suffer a most atrocious captivity in theirpresent setting. The gardens as a whole, however,are very beautiful and offer a delightful resting-placeto the footsore and eye-weary pursuer of sights.
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