Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

320 A1·ts and C1·afts iн tЬе Middle Ages

Gaddi also assisted in this ,vOl'k, execнting the Prophets which occur undeг the vYindows, and p1·ofessing to com­ Ьine in his style " tЬе Gгeck шаппег and tЬat of Cima­ bue." Apolloniнs taugЬt Andгea Tafi ho,v to compose the smalt and to шiх the cement, Ьнt this latte1· ,Yas evidently нnsнccessful, fol' in the next centшy tЬе mosaic detachcd itself anc1 fell badly, ,Уhеп Agnolo Gaddi, the g1·andson of Gaddo, was eпgaged to restш·e it. Tafi, Gaddi, and Jacobus ,ve1·e coпsidered as а promising fi1·m, and tЬеу ш1dertook other Iaгge ,vorks in mosaic. They comшenced the apsc at Pisa, whicl1 ,Yas finished iп 1321 Ьу Yicini, СiшаЬне desigпing the colossal figшe of Ch1·ist \Yl1icl1 thus dominates the cathedгal. Yasa1·i says that А11сlгеа Tafi ,vas consideгed " an excelleпt, nay, а divine ai·tist" in his specialty. And1·ea, lliшself шоге modest, visited Veпice, апd deigned to take instгuctioп fгom Gгeck mosaic ,v01·kc1·s, who ,ve1·c employed at St. blai·k's. Опс of them, Apolloпiнs, became attachec1 to Tafi, ancl this is Ьо,У Ье camc to · ассошрапу liiш to Floгenrc. Тlю ,Уогk on the Bap­ tiste1·y ,Yas clone actнally in situ, cve1-y снЬс being set di1·cctly in the plaste1·. ТЬе ,vo1·k is still extant, and the teclшical апd constrнctive fcatшes аге perfect, since tЬсiг 1·estoration. It is aшнsing to геаd Vasaгi's pat1·011- iziпg account of Tafi; from thc ]ate Renaissancc point of vie,v, tl1e mosaic ,vol'ke1· seemed to Ье а ЬагЬаrонs Goth at best: " Tl1e good fo1·tш1c of Andl'ea ,Yas гeally gгeat," says Vasal'i, "to Ьс Ьош in ан age wl1ich, doiвg