Collection of Mediaeval And Renaissance Paintings
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: December 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 504
ISBN-13: 9781417960309
Subjects: Individual artists; Individual Artist; Art; Art & Art Instruction; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Museum
First sentence: THE general impression gathered from reading many histories of Italian art is that in the XIII century the great achievement was the breaking loose from the bondage of Byzantine art which had served the purpose of an undesirable, if necessary, parent, to be apologized for, politely pushed aside, and forgotten as soon as possible.