Catalogue of the Special Loan Exhibition of Spanish and Portuguese Ornamental Art, South Kensington Museum, 1881 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Special Loan Exhibition of Spanish and Portuguese Ornamental Art, South Kensington Museum, 1881Throughout the middle ages Portugal formed one of a number of independent kingdoms into which the Peninsula was divided, and it cannot be said to have been distinguished by any special pre-eminence, stronger spirit of nationality, or greater aptitude for culture than the other states. The same long-enduring struggle with the Mahometan invaders had taken place In Portugal as in most other parts of the Penin sula, and the visible evidences of the sometime domination of the alien race became as strongly impressed on the arts Of Portugal as on those Of any part Of Spain. Apart from extraneous in¿uences, which manifested themselves at certain periods, and were, from obvious causes, different in the two countries, it may almost be assumed that there is no more real necessity for treating of the art of Portugal as 8. Develop ment apart, than there would be for dealing separately with that Of the several provinces of Spain. At a certain period, however, Portuguese art did undergo a powerful extraneous in¿uence or fashion of which some account should be given.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.