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The history of modern painting (1907)

Muther, Richard, 1860-1909 · London : J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton · leaf 326

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e. He saw inthe Italian galleries neitherHolbein nor Velasquez,neitherRembrandt nor Botticelli norCaravaggio. He saw nothingand revered nothing save thepure tradition of the Cinque-cento, which was to him theAlpha and Omega of art. Hedreamed of great decorativeworks which should place himon an… … Baschel.CHARLOTTE CORDAY. 288 THE HISTORY OF MODERN PAINTING in possession of his full powers, and yet he thought it necessary to go backto Ital} to interrogate the masters of the Renaissance anew. For a full yearhe worked ten hours daily in the Sistine Chapel. As soon as he knew MichaelAngelo b\…

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