. Art in France. -THE LOUVRE. WITH LESCOT S WING ONTHE LEFT. 141 ART IN FRANCE. JOO.—IKITEI, DK OK I A Kl )(Hl;,K. remained Isolated, lying as It did outside the great international highways, by means of which that Interchange between Italy and the North was carried on,destined first to trans-form, and then to suppressGothic , Breton artwas behind French artas a whole; its Calvariescontinued to be rude Inexecution; its imaglerstalked a patois, and wereIgnorant of the learnedlanguage which all Europehad borrowed from these Breton Cal-varies, the mos
. Art in France. -THE LOUVRE. WITH LESCOT S WING ONTHE LEFT. 141 ART IN FRANCE. JOO.—IKITEI, DK OK I A Kl )(Hl;,K. remained Isolated, lying as It did outside the great international highways, by means of which that Interchange between Italy and the North was carried on,destined first to trans-form, and then to suppressGothic , Breton artwas behind French artas a whole; its Calvariescontinued to be rude Inexecution; its imaglerstalked a patois, and wereIgnorant of the learnedlanguage which all Europehad borrowed from these Breton Cal-varies, the most ancient, that of Plougastel, dates from the sixteenth century. At the height of the classic period, the Plougastel Calvary preserved the conceptions, the attitudes, the costumes of the Middle Ages, and a purely rustic style. There is nothing in this naivete, touching as It is, to cause us to regret that French art had accepted the Italian discipline and antique culture (Figs. 326, 327, 329). When we to Touralne, we touch the very heart of national existence; here i
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