<A>
“There is no such thing as the ‘art’ of Painting, and anyone who compares a drawing of Raphael, effected by outline, with one of Titian, effected by flecks of light and shade, without feeling that they belong to two different arts;”
See Illustration A- Raphael outline versus Titian light & shade
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<B>
“…anyone who does not realize a dissimilarity of essence between the works of Giotto or Mantegna - relief, created by brushstroke - and those of Vermeer or Goya - music, created on coloured canvas such a one will never grasp the deeper questions.”
See Illustration B- Giotto & Mantegna (sculpture relief) versus Vermeer & Goya (music in colour)
<C>
“the frescoes of Polygnotus and the mosaics of Ravenna, there is not even the similarity of technical means to bring them within the alleged genus”
See Illustration C to contrast Polygnotus with the mosaics of Ravenna
<D>
“what is there in common between an etching and the art of Fra Angelico…?”
See Illustration D to contrast etchings with Fra Angelico.
<E>
“what is there in common between…a proto-Corinthian vase painting and a Gothic cathedral-window…?”
See Illustration E to note contrast
<F>
“what is there in common between…the reliefs of Egypt and those of the Parthenon?”
See Illustration F to note contrast
<G>
“There is nothing in Greek and Roman art that stands in any· relation whatever to the form-language of a Donatello statue or a painting of Signorelli or a facade of Michelangelo.”
See Illustration G to note contrasting forms between Greek Culture and Faustian Culture
<H>
"The fact of the archaic Greek Apollo-type being ' influenced' by Egyptian portraiture...shows what he can express with it." Spengler is denying that the Egyptian influence was critical to the Greek art form.
See Illustration H to see contrast between a Kouros and Egyptian portrait.
<I>
"The fact of… early Tuscan representation” being influenced “by Etruscan tomb-painting...shows what he can express with it." Again Spengler denies that Etruscan influence was in any way formative or critical to the later art form.
See Illustration I to contrast Etruscan tomb painting with early Tuscan art.
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