“The seventeenth-century academic separation between fine and useful arts first fell out of fashion nearly a century ago.”

—  George Kubler

George Kubler (1961), cited in: Guido Guerzoni (2011). Apollo and Vulcan: The Art Markets in Italy, 1400-1700. p. 27

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