Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Meadville, Pa., New York, Flood and Vincent · leaf 167
n the general prosperity and power of the GermanicEmpire we have already found the material causes of 150 ROMAN AND MEDIEVAL ART. a new building and artistic activity. The rivalry ofgreat towns, of powerful bishops, and of various monas-tic orders—the wish of the emperors to leave monu-ments of… … Fig. 89. St. Michaels. Lucca. of pride and power, of ambition and successful effort, isapparent in them. The vigorous Germanic blood hadbeen poured into the veins of the old Eoman Chris-tian civilization of the fourth and fifth centuries andthis was the result. Out of the simple bell tower of the…
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