RENAISSANCE IN ITALY

THE FINE ARTS

BY

JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS

AUTHOR OF

"AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF DANTE", "STUDIES OF THE GREEK POETS" AND "SKETCHES IN ITALY AND GREECE"

Dii Romæ indigetes, Trojæ tuque auctor, Apollo,

Unde genus nostrum coeli se tollit ad astra,

Hanc saltem auferri laudem prohibete Latinis: