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As years go, 1771 was not particularly memorable. Something, however, occurred that year which might also have been forgotten had it not involved one of the world’s great works of art. It happened in the lovely town of Siena, by then a sleepy provincial center in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. On one of the side altars of the magnificent gothic cathedral, built five centuries earlier at the height of the city’s wealth and splendor, was a painted and gilded altarpiece, exceptional for its immense size, beauty, and his ... This article is available to subscribers and for individual purchaseSubscribe to TNC (Print and Online editions) Subscribe to TNC (Online only) This article originally appeared in The New Criterion, Volume 28 December 2009, on page 9 Copyright © 2012 The New Criterion | www.newcriterion.com http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Devotion--Italian-style-4333
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