Orcagna
Britishnoun
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The inner walls are covered with frescoes invaluable in the history of art by Orcagna, Simone Memmi, Buffalmacco, Benozzo Gozzoli, and other early painters of the Florentine school.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
They form grim and foreign accompaniments enough to the milk-and-water stories, and are about as suitable as the Orcagna frescoes in the Pisan Campo Santo would be to adorn the walls of a child’s nursery.
From William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work by Langridge, Irene
In art, it is the century of Giotto, Orcagna, and Andrew of Pisa.
From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jusserand, Jean Jules
The consul, who had discovered it immured in an ancient garden-wall, believed it to have been carved by Orcagna.
From Aurora the Magnificent by Brownell, Gertrude Hall
Another eminent Florentine artist was Andrea Orcagna, as he is called, though his real name was Andrea Arcagnuolo di Cione.
From A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture by Waters, Clara Erskine Clement
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