Smith, Gerard William · New York, Scribner · leaf 113
he realismof a more material age finds its counterpart in the impression-ism of painting. At whatever point we compare them, FrenchArt and French history are found to mutually illuminate andinterpret one another. Viewed in this light, even defectsassume importance. French painting becomes a mirror,… … CHxVPTER I. EARLY FRENCH ART. BEGIXXING OF THE ITALIAN INFLUENCE. (1400—1650.) FROM the time when Charlemagne gathered Byzantineartists round him at Aix-la-Chapelle, to the dawn of theRenaissance, there are evidences of an uninterrupted Art activityin France ; but besides that the interest…
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