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In spite of the momentous developments, the path towards the Renaissance was not to follow a continuous or consistent course. Indeed, the leading local school of painters in the fourteenth ... Read more..Thursday, October 11th, 2007 Posted in Italy Painting and Sculpture | No Comments »
Italy at first played a rather subsidiary role in the Europe-wide re-emergence from the Dark Ages. The Byzantine tradition proved surprisingly durable, particularly in Venice and Sicily, which both retained ... Read more..