Of the Decorative Illustration of Books Old And New
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Diirer's title page, Nuremberg, 1523.) R GERMAN SCHOOL.
PICTOR ES OPERIS, XVlTH CENTURY.
SCVLPTOR "rUCHSIUS: DE HISTORIA STIRPIUM." (bASLE, ISINGRIN, 1542.) THE NEW SPIRIT.
printed, remarkable both for their decorative and illustrative value, and often uniting these two functions in perfect harmony ; but after the middle of the sixteenth century both vigour and beauty in design generally may be said to have declined.
Whether the world had begun to be interested in other things — and we know the... great discovery of Columbus had made it practically larger — whether discovery, conquest, and commerce more and more filled the view of foremost spirits, and art was only valued as it illustrated or contributed to the know- ledge of or furtherance of these ; whether the Reformation or the spirit of Protestantism, turning men's minds from outward to inward things, and in its revolt against the half paganized Catholic Church — involving a certain ascetic scorn and contempt for any form of art which did not serve a direct moral purpose, and which appealed to the senses rather than to the emotions or the intellect — practically discouraged it altogether.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Diirer's title page, Nuremberg, 1523.) R GERMAN SCHOOL.
PICTOR ES OPERIS, XVlTH CENTURY.
SCVLPTOR "rUCHSIUS: DE HISTORIA STIRPIUM." (bASLE, ISINGRIN, 1542.) THE NEW SPIRIT.
printed, remarkable both for their decorative and illustrative value, and often uniting these two functions in perfect harmony ; but after the middle of the sixteenth century both vigour and beauty in design generally may be said to have declined.
Whether the world had begun to be interested in other things — and we know the... great discovery of Columbus had made it practically larger — whether discovery, conquest, and commerce more and more filled the view of foremost spirits, and art was only valued as it illustrated or contributed to the know- ledge of or furtherance of these ; whether the Reformation or the spirit of Protestantism, turning men's minds from outward to inward things, and in its revolt against the half paganized Catholic Church — involving a certain ascetic scorn and contempt for any form of art which did not serve a direct moral purpose, and which appealed to the senses rather than to the emotions or the intellect — practically discouraged it altogether.
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