Fragment of a Parallel Between the History, Literature, and Art of Italy in the Middle Ages (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Fragment of a Parallel Between the History, Literature, and Art of Italy in the Middle Ages

My dear A.,

I do not think it is usual to usher in a book of this sort with a dedication; I am sure it is not usual to correspond with one's relations in print. I do the one, because I prefer making the few remarks I have to make about it as addressed to you, rather than to even that very limited section of the public which is likely to see it. I do the other, because, as you were the cause of its being written, I like to connect you with the fact of its being printed.

You know how it came to be written. It arose out of our inspections and lionisings in Italy, and the way in which we used to try and connect the buildings and the pictures that we came across with the idea of the people who were their architects and painters.

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