Humanistic Studies of the University of Kansas, Vol. 1Mitchell, Arthur
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Humanistic Studies of the University of Kansas, Vol. 1
Mitchell, Arthur
Humanities
XIII. _The Statue and the Bust._
1. Antinori Palace. An example of Renaissance secular
architecture, built about 1481, in Florence.
2. Riccardi Palace. A Florentine castle, the earliest
and finest example of secular Renaissance
architecture.
XIV. _Fra Lippo Lippi._
1. Santa Maria del Carmine. A 15th century church and
convent in Florence, containing frescoes by
Masaccio and Filippino Lippi.
2. Palace of the Medici--Florence.
3. St. Lawrence--or San Lorenzo. A Florentine
Renaissance church, rebuilt about 1425.
4. St. Ambrose. A Florentine edifice, the reputed
scene of a transubstantiation miracle in 1746.
XV. _Bishop Blougram’s Apology._
1. Vatican. The papal palace at Rome, most of which as
it exists now, was built no earlier than the
fifteenth century.
XVI. _Andrea del Sarto._
1. Chapel and the Convent--Florence.
XVII. _One Word More._
1. San Miniato--Florence.
XVIII. _Abt Vogler._
1. St. Peter’s.
XIX. _The Ring and the Book._
(I). 1. San Lorenzo. The original building by Brunelleschi
in 1425 or perhaps 1420, was entrusted to Michael
Angelo for the facade. Florence.
2. Riccardi Palace--Florence.
3. San Felice Church. A little grey-walled Florentine
church, mostly in a very ancient Romanesque style,
which could be seen from the windows of Casa Guidi.
4. Fiano Palace. An example of secular architecture
in Rome, built about 1300.
5. Ruspoli Palace. Built by the Rucellai family in
1586; has one of the finest white marble stair
cases in Rome.
(II). 6. San Lorenzo--Rome. Founded by Sixtus III in 440 and
modernized in 1506; has a Crucifixion by Guido
Reni, above the high altar.
7. Ruspoli Palace--Rome.
(III). 8. Saint Anna’s. A monastery in Rome.
9. San Lorenzo--Rome.
(IV). 10. San Lorenzo--Rome.
11. Vatican--Rome.
(V). 12. Tordinona--Rome.
13. New Prisons--Rome.
14. San Lorenzo--Rome.
(VI). 15. Pieve, or Santa Maria della Pieve. A great church
in Arezzo, built in the capricious, extravagant
style of the 13th century.
16. San Lorenzo--Rome.
17. Duomo--Arezzo.
(VII.) 18. San Lorenzo--Rome.
19. San Giovanni. A Tuscan church built in Rome at the
expense of the Florentines.
20. Pieve--Arezzo.
(VIII). 21. Sistine Chapel. Chapel of the Vatican, at Rome; a
most extreme example of figure painting in
decoration, but justified by the excellence of the
work.
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