anchor: Characteristic of the city's civic consciousness, they portray the Life of Man from Adam's creation to the rise of civilization through the arts and sciences music, architecture, metallurgy, and the like pursued so earnestly by the Florentine guilds that commissioned the work.
positive: They depict the Life of Man from the beginning of civilization through the arts, crafts, and sciences.
negative: The Florentine guilds never succeeded in commissioning any work.