Chapin, Willis O · New York: Harper & Bros. · leaf 124
nes constantly passing be-fore them, manners-depicting representations. In Germanythis change took place at first principally in engraving. TheChurch was still the greatest patron of painting, and nearly allof the subjects were still of a religious character. With engrav-ing, a democratic art, the… … HEAD-PIECE, BY HANS SEBALD BEHAM The period immediately following the time of AlbrechtDurer was made memorable in art by the Little Masters ofGermany, a coterie of accomplished artists whose works reflectthe spirit of their age. The most important of these artists 88 THE MASTERS AND MASTERPIECES OF…
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