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Title: History of art
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Faure, Elie, 1873-1937 Pach, Walter, 1883-1958
Subjects: Art
Publisher: New York and London : Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: PIMS - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Rome. A repast, fresco. (Catacombs.) cuirassed with gold; it would not have tolerated thecontinual retreating of law before imperial caprice orthe intrigues of the eunuchs. However, under thefermentation of the vices, the orgy of the games, thecries of the massacres, and the convulsive autocracythat was obliged to obey the orders of the populace,the law of Rome was here, the opulence of Babylon,the curiosity of Athens—and the only focus of light inthe dark night round about. Christianity, which the Greeks of Rome were propa-gating in the night of the catacombs by means of theimage, could not purify or extinguish the light thatcame from the roaring fire, which was burning away allthat remained of the sap of the ancient world in thepoisoned fruits. The crowds that had responded to
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Rome. Portrait of a deceased person, fresco. (Catacombs.) 210 MEDIEVAL ART the appeal of the apostles of Galilee had rendered pos-sible, through the renunciation of their revolutionaryinstinct, the coming of a social régime harder than itspredecessor; and the Byzantine autocrat, in order toassure to himself their support, adopted the letter of

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