The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 236
ysgoing on, even when artistsbelieve that they are slavishlyimitating their predecessors.But it sometimes happens thatthe works of art of a country orof a period are more fitted toawaken curiosity than to exciteadmiration. This is true of thoseproduced by the Italians from thedeath of Michelangelo… … FIG. 416.—NEPTUNE AND AMPHITPrFE.ANNIBAI.E CARRACCI. (Farnese Palace, Rome.)(Wocrmann, Geschichle der Malerci. Scemann, Leipzig.) art; but there has been neither retro-gression nor stagnation. Various causes have been assignedfor this depressing phenomenon.Some urge the loss of Italian…
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