. A short history of art . STORY OF ART in our minds the conditions under which it arose. This is pre-eminently the case with the symbolical pictures in the cata-combs. Of course the highest aim of an artist who idealises is tocreate a universal language, an ideal so perfect as to bepermanently intelligible. To attain this end, he must riseabove the conventional signs which express to a limited au-dience the ideas which he wishes to communicate; and muststudy nature, selecting from what he sees traits universallyunderstood, and combining them to form an ideal representa-tion which shall expres
. A short history of art . STORY OF ART in our minds the conditions under which it arose. This is pre-eminently the case with the symbolical pictures in the cata-combs. Of course the highest aim of an artist who idealises is tocreate a universal language, an ideal so perfect as to bepermanently intelligible. To attain this end, he must riseabove the conventional signs which express to a limited au-dience the ideas which he wishes to communicate; and muststudy nature, selecting from what he sees traits universallyunderstood, and combining them to form an ideal representa-tion which shall express what he has in his mind. Giottos artis a higher kind of idealistic art than that of the catacombs:his figures are life-like, and he is conventional only in histreatment of landscape, architecture, and space. In theworks of the artists of the High Renaissance we find thatperfect idealism which is the result of complete mastery oftechnical knowledge, and its thorough subordination to thelofty conceptions which it STROZZI PALACE, FLORENCEAn imposing facade of great simplicity and reflnemcnt; one of thenoblest palaces in Italy.
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