The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 373
sures of ancient Greece to flow into it. Butwhile it derived inspiration from these abundant manifestations of anotherage, it never entertained the idea of abandoning itself exclusiyely to aservile imitation; it had—and in this consists its chief title to glory— 12* ARCHITECTURE. while giving a… … Fig. 274.—Belfrj of Brussels (Fifteenth Century), from an engraving of the Seventeenth Centurj,. tracted infancy of a civilisation which was at last advancing with rapidstrides towards perfect manhood. From the twelfth century, Pisa gave an impetus to the art by buildingits Duomo, its Baptistery,…
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