The Raising of Tabitha
Other elements contribute to this description of everyday city life: the flower pots on the window sills, the laundry hanging out to dry, the bird cages, the two monkeys, the people leaning out of the windows to chat with their neighbours, and so on.
In the past, the loggia to the left had been considered by critics to be architecturally fragile and unconvincing. But now, thanks to the restoration, we can make out the structural elements: from the smooth capitals of the pilasters to the red plaster inside the courts.
And even in the righthand loggia, where the miracle of the raising of Tabitha takes place, the classical, Albertian colour pattern of the surfaces and the entablatures increases the solidity of the architecture.
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