This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1827 Excerpt: ...at the large hotel of Schneiderff. I had the pleasure of coming unexpectedly upon my brother, who was on his way from Germany to Rome; we had a joyful meeting on new-year's day. I was informed that it had rained in Florence almost without intermission during the two months I had been absent. Monday, January 2.--I spent ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1827 Excerpt: ...at the large hotel of Schneiderff. I had the pleasure of coming unexpectedly upon my brother, who was on his way from Germany to Rome; we had a joyful meeting on new-year's day. I was informed that it had rained in Florence almost without intermission during the two months I had been absent. Monday, January 2.--I spent some time in the galleries, and walked along the banks of the Arno, which the late rains have swelled into a rapid muddy stream, to the Prato, a pleasant promenade, swarming with pheasants. The day was extremely cold. A young female, who was in love with a youth, but, as she had already had a child by another man, his parents would not consent to their union, and were about to send him away from Florence, to prevent it, having first visited all the churches, threw herself into the river from the lowest bridge; but was fortunately saved by two men, who witnessed the desperate attempt. Tuesday, January 3.--I found the Madonna delta Seggiola as lovely as ever. We saw in the Pitti Palace a room newly painted in fresco with the exploits of Hercules; it is neither very bad, nor very good; but the whole work seemed as if it had been (touched up, and hatched with a pencil, or black chalk. I have observed the same hideous defect in most of the modern attempts at fresco; the painter, unable to produce a sufficient relief by means of his colours, has endeavoured to throw out the figures by this vile hatching. When an artist has done his utmost, his best, or his worst, with colours, let him spare the poor wall; the effect may be bad enough, but it will be much worse if scratched over with black lines. I passed some time in the Spegola, and admired again the wax anatomical figures; the fungi are well modelled in wax, and many of the flowers are happily im...
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