 | Peter F. Stout - 1859 - 394 pages
...order from the Government. The discovery of an Indian passage is the true key to the maritime movements of the fifteenth, and the first half of the sixteenth centuries." And again : " The eagerness to explore tho wonderful secrets of the New Hemisphere became so active, that... | |
 | David MacGibbon, Thomas Ross (architect.) - 1897 - 674 pages
...the general architecture of the country at the time. From the series of examples given in this Volume there can scarcely be any question as to the gradual...exceptionally good work in a few structures of that period. Amongst these is the aisle of Car Fergus, in Glasgow Cathedral, the vanlting of which building is of... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1897 - 386 pages
...historical ballads and lyrics to be sung to the accompaniment of the harp was the amusement of the age. During the latter half of the fifteenth and the first half of the sixteenth century* the romances of Spain surpassed in number and variety the literary productions of any other... | |
 | 1912 - 650 pages
...Sixteenth Century. —In Z. bild. K. XXII, 1911, pp. 233-238, B. HAENDCKE reviews the art of Germany in the latter half of the fifteenth and the first half of the sixteenth century, and concludes that the guiding influence was Flemish rather than Italian, except for about... | |
 | 1912 - 662 pages
...Sixteenth Century. — In Z. bild. K. XXII, 1911, pp. 233-238, B. HAENDCKK reviews the art of Germany in the latter half of the fifteenth and the first half of the sixteenth century, and concludes that the guiding influence was Flemish rather than Italian, except for about... | |
 | Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland - 1904 - 516 pages
...and of Henry Filch, late holder of thnt office, in the year 1635. Any information regarding the gild during the latter half of the fifteenth and the first half of the sixteenth century is of a very fragmentary character. Among admissions to the city franchise appear the names... | |
 | Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland - 1904 - 522 pages
...and of Henry Filch, late holder of that office, in the year 1535. Any information regarding the gild during the latter half of the fifteenth and the first half of the sixteenth century is of a very fragmentary character. Among admissions to the city franchise appear the names... | |
 | Horace Garvin Platt - 1908 - 296 pages
...athletic contests. Then Grecian art declined. The next great period of art was the Renaissance in Italy in the latter half of the fifteenth and the first half of the sixteenth centuries. Religion was then all-powerful, but it was much colored by human ambition. The Pope's earthly love... | |
 | John Edwin Sandys - 1908 - 550 pages
...reactionary policy in Italy, and the Revival of Learning was checked in both countries. However, in the latter half of the fifteenth and the first half of the sixteenth century Spanish scholars who visited Italy brought back with them a certain interest in Greek authors.... | |
 | 1843 - 668 pages
...these periods landmarks in history, eras in the progress of civilization. Such was the epoch embracing the latter half of the fifteenth and the first half of the sixteenth century. Perhaps there have never been condensed in the short period of one hundred years so many wonderful... | |
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However, in the latter half of the fifteenth and the first half of the sixteenth century Spanish scholars who visited Italy brought back with them a certain interest in Greek authors. 
