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‘This* turning to Classical models was less sudden and revolutionary than it seemed. Throughout the history of Romanesque and Gothic Italian art, the tradition of Classical structure and ornament still remained alive; again and again, in the 12^th and 13^th centuries [ce] Classical forms – the acanthus leaf, moulding ornaments, the treatment of drapery in relief – are imitated, often with crudeness, to be sure, but with a basic sympathy for the old imperial Roman** methods of design. Nicolo Pisano, at work in the mid-13th century [ce], was but the first of many Italian artists, particularly sculptors, to turn definitely to Roman antecedents for inspiration.

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*[See last previous ts journal entry, which this paragraph immediately follows in the source text]

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*** – E[ncyclopaedia] B[ritannica] 27:94

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