Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Meadville, Pa., New York, Flood and Vincent · leaf 242
Fig. 137,—Giotto. Birth ot ihe Virgin.Arena Chapel, Padua. of the faculties which is reached by a variety of occu- ITALIAN GOTHIC PAINTING. 227 pations, there is no doubt that the average Italian ofthe fifteenth century was, at least, fully the mental andphysical equal of the modern in any… … Fig. 138.—Giotto, Makys Suitors receiving the Eods fromTHE High Priest. Arena Chapel, Padua. comprehensive, because it was less specialized and moreversatile, whereas versatility in our day is generallysupposed to indicate superficiality and to be incon-sistent with thoroughness. The perfection of…
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