. The effect of moisture, radiation, temperature and wind upon forest trees: a selected bibliography. Forest influences; Forest ecology. f THE . ARLY MASTERS 21 of the scene, the approval which the angels express as well as some of the incidents of the tortures inflicted on the opposite side, verge upon the comical, or at least seem to us to do so. But that is a characterisdc of the times, and it must be remembered that {nctures were then to a great extent meant to serve as books—books, indeed, for the most 'iliteratc, for a set of folk which nowadays it would be probably difficult to come acr
. The effect of moisture, radiation, temperature and wind upon forest trees: a selected bibliography. Forest influences; Forest ecology. f THE . ARLY MASTERS 21 of the scene, the approval which the angels express as well as some of the incidents of the tortures inflicted on the opposite side, verge upon the comical, or at least seem to us to do so. But that is a characterisdc of the times, and it must be remembered that {nctures were then to a great extent meant to serve as books—books, indeed, for the most 'iliteratc, for a set of folk which nowadays it would be probably difficult to come across within civilised countries. We may still meet with unbounded ignorance and with stupidity, no doubt. Yet, upon the whole, the human brun, by sheer compulncm and force of circumstances, must have come to work more easily in course of these centuries. Presenta- tions which carry with them some elements of exaggeration and qujintncss that cannot fail to excite our risibility must, five hundred years ago, have been barely forceful enough to do more than just cause duller powers of conception to grasp them. A man like Lochner did not neglect the story, and did not hesitate to introduce many incidents that would bring the advantage of bliss, or the terrors of damnation, home to the people. Yet this part of his work did not engage lum as much as the purely artistic nde. In his fieth I. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Anthony, John B. Pittsfield, Mass. , BCC Media Press
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