MORNINGS IN FLORENCE (CLASSIC REPRINT)

Excerpt from Mornings in FlorenceIf there is 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 ofhis 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 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 - some 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.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works._,