The Quarterly Review, Volume 246William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle John Murray, 1926 |
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Page 335
... Dante himself , but this is conjectural . Are these lines an eulogy or a dyslogy or neither ? If an eulogy we cannot but agree with Signor Carrà that , on the only occasion on which Dante makes mention of Giotto , the poet's strong ...
... Dante himself , but this is conjectural . Are these lines an eulogy or a dyslogy or neither ? If an eulogy we cannot but agree with Signor Carrà that , on the only occasion on which Dante makes mention of Giotto , the poet's strong ...
Page 336
... Dante did not see the greatness of Giotto or foresee that after the lapse of centuries the glory of his great contemporary would be second only to his own . In Dante's earlier days he and Giotto must often have met . That they were ...
... Dante did not see the greatness of Giotto or foresee that after the lapse of centuries the glory of his great contemporary would be second only to his own . In Dante's earlier days he and Giotto must often have met . That they were ...
Page 337
... Dante and Giotto met in Padua in 1306 , and , as we have seen , Sir Sidney Colvin has told us that one was the guest of the other . That a certain Florentine - Dantino Alighieri ... Dante's marriage was arranged for him DANTE AND GIOTTO 337.
... Dante and Giotto met in Padua in 1306 , and , as we have seen , Sir Sidney Colvin has told us that one was the guest of the other . That a certain Florentine - Dantino Alighieri ... Dante's marriage was arranged for him DANTE AND GIOTTO 337.
Page 338
... Dante's marriage was arranged for him by his friends . It has always been taken for granted that Dante did not marry until a few years after the death of Beatrice in 1290 - when Dante was , we may assume , old enough to judge for ...
... Dante's marriage was arranged for him by his friends . It has always been taken for granted that Dante did not marry until a few years after the death of Beatrice in 1290 - when Dante was , we may assume , old enough to judge for ...
Page 339
... Dante once pre- pared to paint an angel ' * It would be rash to conclude that the artist was a poet in words or that the poet was , as some have inferred from ... Dante seems to have taken rich delight in describing them DANTE AND GIOTTO 339.
... Dante once pre- pared to paint an angel ' * It would be rash to conclude that the artist was a poet in words or that the poet was , as some have inferred from ... Dante seems to have taken rich delight in describing them DANTE AND GIOTTO 339.
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