The decorative periods . The Decorative Periods 135 their opposition to Catholicism and all that pertained thereto orwas associated with Gothic; it was accepted by France andItaly because of its innate beauties.* The Renaissance appeared in Italy at the beginning of the fif-teenth century. The acanthus leaf, the cornucojMa, vases, figuresof women from the hips up, the bottom portion fading into ara-besque curves and vines and leaf details, were distinguishing char-acteristics. It was a free adaptation of the Roman, Pompciian andGrecian antl combined garlands and birds, and in many cases weirda

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The decorative periods . The Decorative Periods 135 their opposition to Catholicism and all that pertained thereto orwas associated with Gothic; it was accepted by France andItaly because of its innate beauties.* The Renaissance appeared in Italy at the beginning of the fif-teenth century. The acanthus leaf, the cornucojMa, vases, figuresof women from the hips up, the bottom portion fading into ara-besque curves and vines and leaf details, were distinguishing char-acteristics. It was a free adaptation of the Roman, Pompciian andGrecian antl combined garlands and birds, and in many cases weirdanimal figures, which can also be traced back to the Roman. It was a composite style. The Italian form was poetic and fullof the daintiest coloring ;the treatment was totallytlissimilar to that of the(lermans who followed theRenaissance in 1550. In brief, the Italian,French, German,Spanish, English andFlemish Renais-sance differed ac-cording to theirnational tempera-ment. They all drewtheir inspirationsfrom the same sourc

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