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Title: The decorative periods
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins), 1858-1935
Subjects: Furniture Decoration and ornament Interior decoration
Publisher: New York, Clifford & Lawton
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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RENAISSANCE 1400-1643 GOTHIC ornament became at the time of theItaHan Reformation profuse, and losingthus much of the religious signficance which itpossessed in its inception, it descended to whatis termed the Gothic of he Decadence. At that time much of the symbolism of thechurch became unpopular and the study of clas-sic ornament was taken up. Fillippi Brunelleschi, born in Florence, 1377,died 1466, was an architect and studied in Romethe relics of Roman art and returned to Flor-ence in 1407. It is generally conceded that tohis study of the Greek and Roman may be at-tributed the revival or Renaissance of classic artthat had its birth in Florence and spread allover the Western World. While Brunelleschidevoted his art to architectural details, AmbrogioBorgognone, a contemporary artist, devotedhimself to interior decoration. The Renaissance means simply revival, andit was accepted very largely by even the churchbuilders of England and Germany on account of m
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