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Excerpt from Histoire des Beaux-Arts, Vol. 1: Art Antique Architecture, Sculpture, Peinture, Art Domestique Dans tous les temps et chez tous les peuples, nous retrouvons le germe de l'art, mais il se développe ou demeure condamné à la stérilité, selon le génie des races diverses et les conditions morales où s'exerce leur activité. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.