Fra Bartolommeo

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Excerpt from Fra Bartolommeo It helps us greatly, in comprehending a work, to have a clear idea of the kind Of man who produced it; what were his characteristic and leading trains of thought, and, chiefly, what were the times in which he lived. M. Taine (lectures on Art, chap. I. P. Truly says: Just as there is a physical temperature (zone) which by its varia tions determines the appearance of this or that species of plant, so is there a moral temperature, which by its variations determines the appearance of this or that Species of art. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.