The Pavement Masters of Siena (1369-1562) (Illustrated)

by Robert H. Hobart Cust

Overview

ONE might have supposed that when Dante wrote the lines here quoted, he was describing the wonderful pavement that still adorns the Duomo of Siena. But this, we know, cannot be, since it was not until more than thirty years after Dante's death that the plans for a greatly enlarged Duomo were abandoned, and the Sienese set themselves to adorn the building in the shape that we see it now. Moreover, as we shall presently see, no records of ornamental work done upon the floor exist earlier than 1369. We may, however, I think, fairly turn the proposition the other way, and fancy that the pavement designers had Dante's wonderfully descriptive verses in their minds, when they planned such a work.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161241691
Publisher:	V F Editions
Publication date:	06/15/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB