The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 377
brilliant draperies. There is, however, a considerable distance, whichcannot fail to be remarked, separating the two reformers of art whose nameswe have just brought together. One, Giotto, desired to grasp the real inOrder to make it conduce to the triumph of the ideal; while Van Eyckonly accepted… … Fig. 25 [.— The Holy Virgin, St. George, and St. Donat. By John van Eyck. (Museum ot Antwerp. descendants of the Flemish masters were destined to produce. At Ghent,we still have as an object of admiration, an altar-piece, a chef-dceuvre ofVan Eyck; it is an immense composition, some portions of…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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