Florence
A late nineteenth-century French art book, Florence by Georges Lafenestre and Eugène Richtenberger, published in Paris by Quantin, presenting halftone reproductions of paintings from Florentine collections such as the Uffizi Gallery. Its plates are reproduced in dense black and white with plain captions and page numbers, showing altarpieces, narrative scenes and crowded groups of figures in arched or architectural settings that suggest Renaissance religious art for an art-historical readership. A designer could take its tight figure groupings, Gothic arch framing and dramatic gestures as reference for historical composition.
