HenceRaphael，MichaelAngelo，JeanGoujon，Palestrina，thosesplendorsofthedazzlingsixteenthcentury。
Thoughtemancipatesitselfinalldirectionsatthesametimeasthearts。Thearch-hereticsoftheMiddleAgeshadalreadymadelargeincisionsintoCatholicism。Thesixteenthcenturybreaksreligiousunity。Beforetheinventionofprinting，reformwouldhavebeenmerelyaschism；printingconverteditintoarevolution。Takeawaythepress；heresyisenervated。
WhetheritbeProvidenceorFate，GutenburgistheprecursorofLuther。
Nevertheless，whenthesunoftheMiddleAgesiscompletelyset，whentheGothicgeniusisforeverextinctuponthehorizon，architecturegrowsdim，losesitscolor，becomesmoreandmoreeffaced。Theprintedbook，thegnawingwormoftheedifice，sucksanddevoursit。Itbecomesbare，denudedofitsfoliage，andgrowsvisiblyemaciated。Itispetty，itispoor，itisnothing。Itnolongerexpressesanything，noteventhememoryoftheartofanothertime。Reducedtoitself，abandonedbytheotherarts，becausehumanthoughtisabandoningit，itsummonsbunglersinplaceofartists。Glassreplacesthepaintedwindows。Thestone-cuttersucceedsthesculptor。
Farewellallsap，alloriginality，alllife，allintelligence。