Memoirs of the early Italian painters
Publisher: Books for Libraries Press
Published: 1973
Language: eng
Format: Unknown Binding
ISBN-13: 9780518100850
Subjects: Italy; Painters; Painting, Gothic; Painting, Renaissance
First sentence: To Cimabue for three centuries had been awarded the lofty title of "Father of Modern Painting;" and to him, on the authority of Vasari, had been ascribed the merit, or rather the miracle, of having revived the art of painting when utterly lost, dead, and buried-of having by his single genius brought light out of darkness, form and beauty out of chaos.
Notes: Essay index reprint series