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‘But it is possible to suggest a more profound character to the change. Late Gothic has a peculiar aura of finality about it. From about 1470 to 1520,* one gets the impression that the combination of decorative richness and realistic detail was being worked virtually to death. Classical antiquity at least provided an alternative form of art. It is arguable that change would have come in the north anyway and that adoption of Renaissance forms was a matter of coincidence and convenience. They were there at hand, for experiment.

‘Their use was certainly encouraged, however, by the general admiration for classical antiquity. They had a claim to “rightness” that led ultimately to the abandonment of all Gothic forms as being “barbarous”. This development belongs to the history of the Italian Renaissance….’

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*2048G~|512C1536

**[– ibid (Encyclopaedia Britannica) 27: 93-94 (continued from last previous ts entry]

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