Berenson argues that Florentine painting is great because it gives the eye a sense of touch and movement, what he called tactile values. He applies the idea to Giotto, Masaccio, Fra Angelico, Pollaiuolo, Botticelli, Leonardo and Michelangelo, and adds an index listing where the painters’ works hang.
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