The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 299
cards were about seveninches long and three and a half inches wide, and were painted in distemper 230 PLAYING-CARDS. on cardboard *039 inch thick. The composition of them is ingenious andto some extent skilful, the drawing correct and full of character, and thecolouring or illumination brilliant.… … Fig. 206.—The Buffoon, a Card from a Pack of Tarois. Fifteenth Century. morality which, dating from this epoch, was destined to increasemore and more in popularity. Thus, for instance, by the side of theEmperor, who is covered with silver armour and holds the globe and thesceptre, a Hermit makes…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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