A Review of Anita Mathias’ Francesco, Artist of Florence: The Man Who Gave Too Much
Anita Mathias’ Francesco, Artist of Florence: The Man Who Gave Too Much is the story of a Florentine artisan skilled in the art of pietre dure, also referred to as the art of painting in stone. If “…a picture is a poem without words…” as Horace once said, than pietre dure is poetry in stone.
Angela M. Shupe 