"Decoratively" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Francis and St John the Evangelist and two angels, now in the Uifizi, painted for the church of S. Francesco in Florence; this is termed the "Madonna di S. Francesco,'' or "Madonna delle Arpie,'' from certain figures of harpies which are decoratively introduced, and is rated as Andrea's masterpiece in oil-painting. The altar-piece in the Uffizi, painted for the monastery of S. Gallo, the "Fathers disputing on the doctrine of the Trinity''—SS. Augustine, Dominic, Francis, Lawrence, ...
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