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are superb representations. No problems of analysis & synthesis troubled the mind of the caveman to blur his clear perception. Many ages roll by and gradually man's mind conceives of orderly arrangement. Then, often almost suddenly, like the flowering of a plant after long laborious growth, primitive peoples begin their various interpretative arts, and we have examples in our great museums, of primitive art from all over the world, ordered, designed, rhythmic, and deeply significant.
And this was still the great tradition when Giotto painted his frescoed compositions.
Then, a love for realism and a