The spell of Italy (1909) (14804035753)

Identifier: spellofitaly00maso (find matches)

Title: The spell of Italy

Year: 1909 (1900s)

Authors: Mason, Caroline Atwater, 1853-1939

Subjects: Italy -- Description and travel

Publisher: Boston : L. C. Page & company

Contributing Library: University of California Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ntury. The exterior was interesting and beautifulas well because of the richness of carving and design,wliile the impression made by the inner court waswholly satisfying. At one side a flight of stairs rosein exquisite gradation upon graceful pillars, leadingat last into a perfectly proportioned archway. Itreminded us of the stairs in the Bargello at Florence;the whole court, in fact, suggested that. Returning to the square, we now studied thePalazzo del Consigho, one of the finest buildings inNorthern Italy. It is in the early Renaissance style,and is supposed to have been planned by Fra Gia-condo. This architect was new to Filia and me, butwe now discovered him to be one of the most famousartists of the early Renaissance period. San Micheliwas also a discovery, and throughout the remainderof our day we were everywhere drawn by the beautyand charm of the work of these two men. A verynoble statue of Dante interested us deeply. We werebeginning to realize how intimately connected Dante

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TOMB OP CAN SIGNORIO. Verona 305 was with certain great days of Verona, We had heardthat somewhere there was a chair in which he hadsat, but Fiha refused to hunt it up, saying: He and Savonarola sat down so often that Icant keep track of their chairs and I dont intend to. When Fiha spoke in that way I knew her to beinexorable, so I banished the cherished chair frommy mind and examined the odd, old marble archwaythrough which we were passing. It was much Hkemany others that span the narrow streets of the townand charmingly frame little vistas. We soon reachedthe church of Santa Maria Antica, used by theScaligers as their private chapel. Outside stand thesplendid monuments that mark the tombs of thisgreat family. Their device is the golden ladder in ared field surmounted by a black eagle. Whetherthe eagle mounted by bloodshed or beneficence to itshigh position in Veronas history and in that of allItaly, is not quite clear. Most notable of the tombsis that of Can Grande I, with his figur

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