The Characteristics of Sienese Art (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Characteristics of Sienese ArtGreatness and economical prosperity which has never been surpassed, and in which Siena attained to such a condition of civilization and culture that' it has giveni her a special character in History. But from this in: disputable truth it is arbitrary to draw, as has been done, the conclusion that previous to this period it is useless to investigate the origin and traces of Sienese Art, ' as the statement is also. Arbitrary that Siena later: manifested herself decidedly averse to that superb out burst of the Human Spirit, which we know as the Renaissance, and to the new forms of that Art which having their source from Italy were destined to flood the World. Sienese Artlhas a more ancient origin than the.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.