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Title: Florence in poetry, history and art
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Ryan, Sara Agnes
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Publisher: Chicago, Mayer and Miller Co.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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esigned for the organ loftof the Cathedral, but for years cast aside tomake room for some celebration of royalty, andare now shown in the Cathedral Museum. Donatello stands forth as sculptor for sculp-ture s sake—and not as a decorator of architec-ture. He revived the classic idea of the art, andthe artists of Florence have erected as a memo-rial his bust before the door of his workshop,which was not far from the Duomo. Only fourteen years younger than Donatellowas Luca della Robbia. He also executed inmarble-relief a series of Singing and DancingBoys and Angels for the organ-loft of theDuomo. They, with Donatellos Cantoria,are to be seen in the Duomo Museum, and wenotice that Donatellos express strength, butLucas express grace and vitality. Luca took as his text for this work the Can-toria, the 150th Psalm, which he illustrated inhis frieze of ten panels: Praise ye the Lord in His holy places;praise ye Him in the firmament of His power. Praise ye Him for His mighty acts; praise 154
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Singing Boys with Book Luca delta Robbia The Sculptors. ye Him according to the multitude of His great-ness. Praise ye Him with sound of trumpet; praiseye Him with psaltery and harp. Praise Him on high sounding cymbals; praiseHim on cymbals of joy; let every spirit praisethe Lord. Alleluia. Of the work, Longfellow says, addressing theCity of Florence: For Luca della Robbia thereCreated forms so wondrous fair,They made thy sovereignty supreme.These choristers with lips of stone,Whose music is not heard, but seen,Still chant, as from their organ-screen,Their Makers praise. In marble, also, Luca executed the monu-mental tomb of Bishop Federighi, now to beseen in the Church of the Holy Trinity, afterits removal the second time. It was first placedin the Church of San Pancrazio, but was re-moved later .to a little church near Florence,where Longfellow saw it when he wrote: Here in this old neglected church,That long eludes the travelers search,Lies the dead bishop on his tomb;Earth upon ea

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