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Early Flemish artists and their predecessors on the lower Rhine (1887)

Conway, William Martin, Sir, 1856-1937 · London, Seeley & Co. · leaf 298

An illustration from Early Flemish artists and their predecessors on the lower Rhine, 1887, leaf 298
ged to work with greatfineness and skill in order to satisfy employers,rendered more than ever fastidious by the beauti-ful productions of the printing press. A roughly-painted wood-cut was as good as a poorly doneminiature, and could be made at a less cost. Alreadybefore 1490 the noble author… … April. From the Grimani Breviary. THE RISE OF LANDSCAPE PAINTING. 295 to miniaturists was much less than that taken awayfrom them. The Bruges guild of illuminators werethus forced to produce work of high excellence inorder to retain a market for their services. For someyears they remained equal to…

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