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The Style Changed:
The Romanesque style used to be thought of interest only as a prelude to the Gothic, and as such a style of merely transitional character. This point of view changed in the early 20th century to a realization of the independence and greatness of the Romanesque as one of the major styles of the world's architecture, and it is now considered quite as imposing and significant as the Gothic.SAWA, ha-se-ga-wa, Tohaku (1539-1610), se painter. He was born in Nanao, Ishi-: prefecture. Hasegawa studied painting un-1 Shosho Soga and later under Shoei Kano. sliking the Kano style, he entered the Sesshu but later established one of his own. In i he achieved the title of hogen—the highest • accorded an artist. He was called to Edo yo) to serve the Tokugawa Shogun, Hitetada, (died two days after his arrival. ] Hasegawa's style underwent several changes jhe changed schools or teachers. Although he lied as a colorist, his favorite style was ku (black ink) painting, in which he dis-the delicate touch of Mokkei, a Chinese ..er of the Sung dynasty. Among Hasegawa's : works are a auiboku screen in Kyoto with Iceys and one in Tokyo with pine trees.
As in other countries during the 16th century, the style changed to the High Renaissance Graeco-Roman, as austere as its predecessor was rich. Severe Doric columns with an Ionic order above them line the court of the Palace of Charles V in Granada (1526-1533), by Pedro Machuca; while the vast monastery of the Escorial, near Madrid (1563-1581), by Juan de Herrera, was as forbidding as its patron, Philip II.
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