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History Were Primarily: This view of the historical position of the 15th and 16th centuries was accepted by the historians of the age of the Enlightenment. The Renaissance meant primarily a cultural revival, and in interpreting it the chief emphasis was put upon artistic and literary history were primarily. Voltaire in his Essai sur les Moeurs (1756) counted four great ages in the history were primarily of human endeavor: Periclean Greece, Augustan Rome, Renaissance Italy, and the France of Louis XIV. In the 19th century, however, this view of the Renaissance as primarily a period of significance in the history were primarily of the fine arts and literature was suddenly broadened.
The history were primarily of the art form we are considering is understood, however, in a more narrow sense to be concerned primarily with those artists who specialized in the medium as an end in itself and who worked mainly with the intention of selling their water colors as finished works of art in their own right. The first considerable number of artists to have done this is found in England in the second half of the 18th century.
Thus "14.2 hands" means 14 hands 2 inches, or a total of 58 inches or 1.47 meters.) Light horses stand from 14.2 to 17 hands, weight 900 to 1,400 pounds (400-635 kg), and are used primarily for riding, driving, or racing. Draft horses stand 14.2 to 17.2 hands, weight 1,400 pounds or more, and are used primarily for drawing loads and other heavy work. Ponies stand less than 14.2 hands, weight 500 to 900 pounds (225-400 kg), and are used primarily as children's mounts and pets. |
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