The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880, tr · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 374
he figures and the arrange-ment of the piece prove that he had the habit of thought and also ofreckoning on his own powers and of seeking out novel dispositions, pro-ducing effects hitherto unknown. The beautiful composition we introduce here (Fig. 256) is taken fromM. A. Firmin Didots Notice sur… … Fig. 256.—Composition by Jean Cousin. First Sketch of his Last Judgment, from a Wood-Engravingin the Romance of Gérard dEuphrate. Paris, 1549. (Cabinet of M. A. F. Didot.) Cousin did not disdain to apply his talents to the ornamentation of books. 3*2 PAINTING ON WOOD, CANVAS, FTC. Jean Cousin is…
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