Civilisation, a personal view

achieved admirable antiquity architect architecture artist Balthasar Neumann Baroque beauty believe Bernini Bramante buildings Byron called Caspar David Friedrich Chapel Chartres Cathedral Christian Church classical course Dante decorated Delacroix Descartes Diirer Donatello drawing Duke of Berry early eighteenth century emotional England engraving Erasmus Europe European civilisation facing fact famous feeling figures Florence Florentine France Frans Hals French genius Gericault Giorgione Giotto Gislebertus Gothic greatest Holbein human hundred ideal imagination inspired intellectual invention Leonardo light London look manuscripts masterpiece medieval Michelangelo Middle Ages mind Moissac Museum nature never nineteenth century painted painter palace Paris passionate perhaps philosophers picture poets Pope portrait produced Raphael reason religion Rembrandt Renaissance revolution Rococo Roman Rome scene sculpture seems sense society spirit St Denis St Francis St Peter's style suppose symbols things thought tion truth Turner Urbino Vermeer Virgin Voltaire Watteau western word Wordsworth