The St. Mark was coloured, and the Cantoria was much more brilliant with gold than it is now.
The angles of the cantoria where the side panels join the main relief lack finish: something like the pilasters which cover the angles of the Judith base are required.
But the statue itself is closely akin to the Cantoria children, but being in bronze shows a higher polish, and, moreover, is treated in a less summary fashion.
Pretty as they are, these angels cannot challenge comparison with the Pazzi frieze or with Donatello's similar work elsewhere--for instance, on the base of the Cantoria or upon the Or San Michele niche.
Having no sculpture, the Cantoria of San Lorenzo is perhaps more important in this connection, as it is purely constructive, while its condition is intact: the Cathedral gallery having been rebuilt on rather conjectural lines.
It was placed over one of the Sacristy doors, corresponding in position with Luca della Robbia's cantoria on the opposite side of the choir.
But beside the cantoria it is almost insignificant.
The test of comparison with the cantoria is most searching, too severe indeed, for such a high standard could not be maintained.
We have seen his cantoria in the Museum of the Cathedral.
The Luca della Robbia cantoria opposite is not quite so triumphant a masterpiece, but from the point of view of suitability it is perhaps better.
The two end panels of Luca's are supplied in thecantoria by casts; the originals are on the wall below and may be carefully studied.
A cantoria by Donatello we shall soon see in its place in S.
The Museum cantoria has the wonderful frieze of dancing figures; this is an exercise in marble intarsia.
It lacks also the peculiarly naturalistic effect gained in the cantoriaby setting the dancing boys behind the pillars, which undoubtedly, as comparison with the Luca shows, assists realism.
The cantoriais in the left aisle, in its original place; the two bronze pulpits are in the nave.
Andrea della Robbia is here too, and here also is a richly designed cantoria by Mino da Fiesole.
Croce, and above all the cantoria in the Museum of the Cathedral; but this room holds most of his strong sweet genius.
Reymond has shown that this Annunciation is not an early work of the master's, as Vasari and others state, but is of the same style and period as the Cantoria of the Duomo, about 1435.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cantoria" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
