Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume 3 (of 3) Illustrating the Arms, Arts, and Literature of Italy, from 1440 To 1630

CHAPTER LII

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1470-1520. The fine arts especially felt the impulse given to mind before 1500 335

1520-1600. Tendency of the "new manner" to exaggeration and artifice 338

1520-1600. New classes of subjects leading to new errors 341

" " Art under the patronage of the della Rovere became prolific 345

1476-1551. Girolamo della Genga of Urbino, painter, architect, and engineer 347

" " The decorations of the imperial palace 349

1518-1558. Bartolomeo della Genga of Urbino, engineer 352