MODERN OR RENAISSANCE. 1300 A.D.--1900 A.D.

_Renaissance._--Mixture of classic and mediæval

elements. Result not generally good.

_Cinquecento._--Æsthetic, revival of true classic

principles. Beautiful curves, fine proportions

and distribution. Conventional animal and plant

forms. Human figure.

_Louis Quatorze._--Sparkling, glittering. Absence

of color, want of symmetry.

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