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Compare with Greek art, modern classical art is lacking in warmth and immediacy; it has a derived, retrospective, and, even in the Renaissance, a more or less classicistic character. It It is the reflection of a society which, filled with reminiscences of Roman heroism and medieval chivalry, tries to appear to be something which it is not, by following an artificially produced social and moral code, and which stylizes the whole pattern of its life in accordance with this fictitious scheme. Class
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― The Social History of Art: Volume 2: Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque
― The Social History of Art: Volume 2: Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque
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توده ها به راحتی خیال می کنند که تنها تبهکاران از خشم آنان می ترسند. خبر ندارند که شتاب سنجیده و نابخردانه شان در کار داوری، حتی بی گناهان را نیز دچار خطا می کند.
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― The Gods Will Have Blood
― The Gods Will Have Blood
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