The Bases of Design

by Walter Crane

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ORCAGNA. "TRIUMPH OF DEATH." FRESCO (CAMPO SANTO, PISA).

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BENOZZO GOZZOLI. DETAIL FROM FRESCO (RICCARDI CHAPEL, FLORENCE).

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BENOZZO GOZZOLI. "JOURNEY OF THE MAGI." FRESCO (RICCARDI CHAPEL, FLORENCE).

Such subjects were favourites all through the Middle Ages, and it may be remembered that Petrarch about this time wrote his "Triumphs," one of which is named "The Triumph of Death."