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Mornings in Florence: Being Simple Studies of Christian Art, for English Travellers (Classic Reprint)
Mornings in Florence Being Simple Studies of Christian Art for English Travellers - Classic Reprint Author:John Ruskin If there be one artist, more than another, whose — work it is desirable that you should examine in — Florence, supposing that you care for old art at all, it — is Giotto. You can, indeed, also see work of his at — Assisi; but it is not likely you will stop there, to any — purpose. At Padua there is much; but only of one — period. At Florence, which is... more » his birthplace, you can
see pictures by him of every date, and every kind.
But you had surely better see, first, what is of his
best time and of the best kind. He painted very
small pictures and very large - painted from the age
of twelve to sixty - painted some subjects carelessly
which he had little interest in - others, carefully with
all his heart. You would surely like, and it would
certainly be wise, to see him first in his strong and
earnest work, - to see a painting by him, if possible,
of large size, and wrought with his full strength, and of
a subject pleasing to him. And if it were, also, a
subject interesting to you yourself, - better still.
Table of Contents
THE FIRST MORNING- Pack
Santa Croce 9
THE SECOND MORNING-
The Golden Gate 39
THE THIRD MORNING-
Before the Soldan 75
THE FOURTH MORNING-
The Vaulted Book 125
THE FIFTH MORNING-
The Strait Gate 157
THE SIXTH MORNING-
The Shepherd's Tower 201
INDEX 245
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