Richmond, W. B. (William Blake), Sir, 1842-1921 · London : Macmillan · leaf 251
tist who made this is the forerunner ofSignorelli and Michelangelo, who, both of them, when they visitedAssisi, found in it something to emulate, even to copy. Originality,in the sense in which there is such an affected and unreasonabledemand just now, was by no means thought indispensablein the… … The Church of St. Francis borrowing they created something new out of an inspiringmotive. Much that we see in the upper and lower churchesis conceived upon a pattern. I have seen in Mistra, theByzantine Sparta, a little church covered with frescoes whichmight have been painted by the pupils of…
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