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 422
aces embracing two irreconcilable religions,were destined to inherit from these very struggles the creation of a sin-gularly characteristic style of art. In adopting the Byzantine style, theMoors had deprived it of its character of simple earnestness, and made itto harmonise with the tendencies of… … Fig. 282.—Statues in the South Porch of Bourges Cathedral. (Twelfth Century.) alliance of architectural and sculptural styles succeeded in producingmasterpieces is well attested by the cathedrals of Cuenca, Vittoria, andsome portions of those of Seville, Barcelona, and Lugo in Galicia. 358…
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