Parsons, Frank Alvah, 1868-1930 · New York ; London : Harper & brothers · leaf 196
ust for thebody for admiration and veneration, while a high spiritualstate was to be attained through denying and mortifyingthe flesh and at the same time neglecting and discouragingindividual intellectual development. The simple, natural, childlike art of the early Christianperiod is the first… … DECORATIVE AND ALLURING IS THIS ILLUSTRATION BY BOTTICELLI.^ESTHETIC IN QUALITY, CLASSIC IN VISION, AND HUMANISTIC INHEART, HE HAS PORTRAYED EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS, HENCE THEAPPEAL. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PERIOD ART ventionalized toward abstract representation. The hu-man quality was not in evidence…
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