Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Detroit, Mich., Published for the Bay View Reading Club by the Macmillan Company, New York · leaf 256
161—Detail from the Perseus, by Canova. Laoco5n, critically ^^^- ^°^- establishing the superiority of Homer and lowering theposition which had been awarded the French critics anddramatists of the eighteenth century. Now came the influence, first on Germany, and then on allEurope, of the German… … 248 Renaissmice and Modern Art. Europe was now permeated by a new antique fever re-sembling the Renaissance and known as the Greek Re-vival, or Philhellenic movement. The influence on modern art was phenomenal. Even inclocks and furniture no style of design was now toleratedbut imitation of the…
Art -- History · Art, Renaissance
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