The floods that tore through the Renaissance city of Florence have gone, but the mud and shock remain. So far, 885 objects of irreplaceable art have been declared casualties. The principal victim: Cimabue's 13th century Crucifix ion, drowned inside the Santa Croce museum, where waters rose more than 14 feet. "It's a corpse, the paint is gone, and it can only be displayed as a relic," said University of Pennsylvania Art Professor Frederick Hartt.
For Ugo Procacci, superintendent of the city's museums, the loss of the Cimabue was the major single catastrophe....
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