Evelyn read out loud. “Florence struggles to save its past.” Well, it’s always done that. Oh God no! Cimabue’s Crucifix unsalvageable, they say. Is that significant? Oh gosh yes. It really is, Dotty. A salutary link between the Byzantine and the Renaissance. Without Cimabue there wouldn’t have been Giotto. And without Giotto? said Dotty. We may as well have called it a day.
