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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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Nicola Pisano. The Crucifixion, bas-relief. (Baptistery of Pisa.) with their grace and pride that it covers the greatRoman vessel. The daily needs and the riches of Italy requiredthis architecture. The image of her powerful citiesand her villas, scattered over the sides of the hillsamong the cypresses, is imprinted on the hearts ofthose who cannot forget the educating power of hersevere and melodious contours; it is in the hearts ofall those who retain the clear memory of the whitearcades and of the sheathings of black and whitemarble which from afar mingle the cathedrals withthe blurred reds of the roofs. At the hour when thetheocratic Romanesque was defining architectural 386 MEDIAEVAL ART dogma in the north and west of Europe, Pisa and Luccaand many other cities of continental Italy were alreadypassing beyond the towers and the temples to thepopular expression that suited the Italians, as the
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Treviso (1310). San Nicola. French Commune was to pass on, a century later, tothe popular expression that suited the French. TheItalian Romanesque derives from the living spirit ofthe race with perfect ease. Italy will not have to riseup throughout its whole extent, as the north of Francehad to, in order to claim the right to assert its vision. p 0- O P t3 P 1 b^ o i P Ct5 S CfQ O CL ?s- c« p S^ p jS- &- Co C/2 P Co 5 cc r-h ^. ^ ^^ •-5 P S O

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