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Art decoration applied to furniture (1877)

Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 96

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, Paracelsus.France took up the march; Greek savants came over from Constantino-ple, and Greek studies prevailed as Latin ones had done in Italy. In thenext reign Francis I. returned from the long Italian wars, and broughtItalian remembrances with him; Rabelais and Ronsard rose, Scaliger… … Flemish Chair, 16S0; Oak Credence, Francis I.; Screen in Flemish Tapestry. sicists had their way in France as they did in Florence; the Louvre wasmade over, Fontainebleau was built; and the Renaissance, whatever itsresults, reached its extreme at length with Tycho Brahe in science, fol- 92 ART…

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