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The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)

Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 146

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FIC. 214.—DECORATIVE PANEL IN THE CHATEAU OF VERSAILLES. monuments, such(begun in 1764), 126 RENAISSANCE AND MODERN ARCHITECTURE were lost, and no compensating origi-nality replaced them. Happily, this … FIG. 215.—ARC DE TRIOMPHE DE LeTOILE, PARIS. disastrous mania for the imitation ofthe antique was tempered in certainartists—notably Duban, the author ofthe Ecole dcs Beaux Arts, completedabout i860—by a delicate feeling fordetail derived from the direct study ofGreek monuments, and by a return…

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