What Is Art? · Character
Francis of Assisi
Saint cited as example of religious feeling in art.
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Francis of Assisi shows up with force in Chapter VI: The Religious Basis of Art and Its Decline. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned as a heretic who acknowledged the moral, social teaching of Christ, unlike the upper classes who rejected it.
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In Chapter VI: The Religious Basis of Art and Its Decline: Mentioned as a heretic who acknowledged the moral, social teaching of Christ, unlike the upper classes who rejected it. Later, in XII: Cited as an example of a…
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