Excerpt from The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting, Vol. 4 If, in writing the history of the minor Italian schools of the [4th century. We begin with that is because, as in the past, the City ot'the Lagunes took rather an unusual place in the development of painting. We must admit. However, that it was not a very distinguished one. Venetian painting, more than that ofam'other region, remained under the domination ofthe Byzan tine tradition. The geographical situation of the city sullices to explain this ...
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Excerpt from The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting, Vol. 4 If, in writing the history of the minor Italian schools of the [4th century. We begin with that is because, as in the past, the City ot'the Lagunes took rather an unusual place in the development of painting. We must admit. However, that it was not a very distinguished one. Venetian painting, more than that ofam'other region, remained under the domination ofthe Byzan tine tradition. The geographical situation of the city sullices to explain this persistence, and the specimens of art that we find along the Dalmatian coast are abundant proof of the route b\' which the Byzantine style reached Venice. Nevertheless if the citv had possessed any painters of exceptional talent. It is verv probable that the Oriental domination would have disappeared long before the 15th century; but the Venetian artists, although Skilful in technique and very capable, had little individualitvo However we cannot deny the presence ofcharacteristics peen liar to the Italian national art in almost all the pictorial pro ductions of Venice, and the struggle which took place between the santine and the elements in the rest ofltalv more than a hundred years before. Is manifest in Venetian painting of the 14th century. The Occidental form of art, however, had acquired a difi'ei'ent aspect. Whereas in the 13th centurv. We called the current manner ofpainting during the transition stage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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