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CHAPTER III.. The Discovery of Natural Beauty.

The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy · Jacob Burckhardt — chapter 18 of 79 · ~40 words · public domain

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THE DISCOVERY OF NATURAL BEAUTY.

Landscapes in the Middle Ages 299

Petrarch and his ascents of mountains 301

Uberti’s ‘Dittamondo’ 302

The Flemish school of painting 302

Æneas Sylvius and his descriptions 303

Nature in the poets and novelists 305

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