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Stained glass of the middle ages in England & France (1913)

Arnold, Hugh, Saint, Lawrence Bradford, 1885- · London, A. & C. Black · leaf 470

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indowsthere you may also, alas! see the rapid setting inof decadence. It was, indeed, a style whichcontained in itself the seeds of decay, whichgerminated all too rapidly ; but these, its first-fruits,at Fairford are magnificent, and disarm criticism. They mark, as I say, a complete departure… … MALVERN AND FAIRFORD 257 old conventions of drawing becoming out of date,and failing to satisfy a newer generation. Of themore advanced schools of painting, the Flemishwas the one that Englishmen were most in touchwith, and it was thence that the new school ofEnglish glass-workers took their…

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