at Italian Renaissance. But for all that the period was one of degeneracyand extravagance, its art and letters possessed acompelling charm and grace never approachedbefore or equalled after; there was a pictur-esque gallantry and a brave romance in the paint-ings—the costume of the day seemed… … ^11 It. ! -^ * I 1* [^ -J CORNER OF THE BOUDOIR OF MRS. EDWIN S. BOYER, N. Y. CITY BY EVERITT SHINN coloured by a keen re\-i\-al of interest in classicmyths and legends. Ladies sat for graceful por-traits in roles of Diana or Venus. Allegory wasat its height, and always rendered in a vein whichat…
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