The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 357
brilliant draperies. There is, however, a considerable distance, whichcannot fail to be remarked, separating the two reformers of art whose nameswe have just brought together. One, Giotto, desired to grasp the real inorder to make it conduce to the triumph of the ideal; while Yan Eyckonly accepted… … Fig. 251.—The Holy Virgin, St. George, and St. Donat. By John van Kyck. (.Museum ot Antwerp. descendants of the Flemish masters were destined to produce. At Ghent,we still have as an object of admiration, an altar-piece, a chef-dceuvre ofVan Eyck ; it is an immense composition, some portions of…
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