. Art in France. FIG. 305. — lEAN I. (The Louvre, Paris.) FIG. 366.—FRANCOIS OF AUSTRIA. (The Louvre, Paris.) and absolute sincerity of the Gothic artists, that it offered asuperior sort of pastime to cuhivated minds, and did not representthe French soul in its entirety. It may be urged without any subtleintention, that French sculptors and painters show more sincerity inthe representation of Venus or Apollo than in that of Christ or theVirgin; in the first case they are concerned with the production ofpure plastic forms, and the lack of candour is no longer an
. Art in France. FIG. 305. — lEAN I. (The Louvre, Paris.) FIG. 366.—FRANCOIS OF AUSTRIA. (The Louvre, Paris.) and absolute sincerity of the Gothic artists, that it offered asuperior sort of pastime to cuhivated minds, and did not representthe French soul in its entirety. It may be urged without any subtleintention, that French sculptors and painters show more sincerity inthe representation of Venus or Apollo than in that of Christ or theVirgin; in the first case they are concerned with the production ofpure plastic forms, and the lack of candour is no longer an outrage,when all are agreed that art is merely a diversion. As early as the fourteenth century, the French middle classes were so far in-structed in the history and religion of antiquity that the pagan ori-gins of their own civili-.
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