. Art in France. traditions and local arts which were so flourishing at the close of the Middle Ages; the somewhat abstract generality of its principles made it acceptable everywhere, and its very universality demonstrated the unity of the kingdom. 1 he entry of the French into Milan, Florence, and Rome during the wars of Charles VIII, LouisXII and Francis I was merely anincidental cause in an inevitableevolution. Even had these warsnever taken place, French art wouldhave passed from the Gothic to theclassic phase; for no country inEurope, neither Spain, nor Flanders,nor Germany, was able to p
. Art in France. traditions and local arts which were so flourishing at the close of the Middle Ages; the somewhat abstract generality of its principles made it acceptable everywhere, and its very universality demonstrated the unity of the kingdom. 1 he entry of the French into Milan, Florence, and Rome during the wars of Charles VIII, LouisXII and Francis I was merely anincidental cause in an inevitableevolution. Even had these warsnever taken place, French art wouldhave passed from the Gothic to theclassic phase; for no country inEurope, neither Spain, nor Flanders,nor Germany, was able to preserveits originality in face of the seduc-tions of Italy. But in a monarchicaland aristocratic country like France,the periodical descent of its kingand its nobles into Italy naturallyhastened the adoption of ultra-montane fashions by imposing themat the very heart of French life, the court of the king. Louis XI was purely Gothic. But in 1495, his son, Charles VIII, wrote from Naples, saying how he had been 143. -HOTKl n ASSl;/.\T, ART IN FRANCE
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