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Herrera is said to have been for a short time the master of Velazquez, and he has
been claimed as the originator of a new national style that culminated in the
achievements of Velazquez. It seems, however, that Herrera was a follower,
rather ...
Herrera is said to have been for a short time the master of Velazquez, and he has
been claimed as the originator of a new national style that culminated in the
achievements of Velazquez. It seems, however, that Herrera was a follower,
rather ...
Page 493
In prose, Francis Bacon, Robert Burton, and Lancelot Andrewes were some of
the writers who displayed a new toughness and flexibility of style. The
monumental prose achievement of the era is the great King James Version of the
Bible, ...
In prose, Francis Bacon, Robert Burton, and Lancelot Andrewes were some of
the writers who displayed a new toughness and flexibility of style. The
monumental prose achievement of the era is the great King James Version of the
Bible, ...
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Motonobu, owever, was also the son-in-law of Tosa Mitsunobu, founder of the
Tosa school of painting specializing in the native Yamato-e (Japanese Painting)
style, and he effected a compromise by combining the strong brushwork of the ...
Motonobu, owever, was also the son-in-law of Tosa Mitsunobu, founder of the
Tosa school of painting specializing in the native Yamato-e (Japanese Painting)
style, and he effected a compromise by combining the strong brushwork of the ...
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| Title | The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volume 24 The New Encyclopaedia Britannica |
| Edition | 15 |
| Publisher | Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1974 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 24 Nov 2010 |
| ISBN | 0852292902, 9780852292907 |
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