The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 360
rule it laid down, therefore, was to regard as non-existentthe chefs-doeuvre which recalled to mind the days of moral error; rejectingthe inspiration to be derived from the magnificent relics of the past, itresolved to commence an era of its own, and to exist on its own ideas.Hence that principle… … PAINTING ON WOOD, CANVAS, ETC. Christian art a stamp of individuality from which it was to derive both itspower and its glory. Thus, by the enthusiasm of faith, was called into existence that reallyprimitive School of Painting which has received the name of Byzantine;because at the very time when…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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