European Culture

The Visitation, ca. 1310 Attributed to Master Heinrich of Constance (German, active in Constance, ca. 1300) German; Made in Constance Walnut, polychromy, gilding, rock-crystal cabochons; 23 1/4 x 12 in. (59.1 x 30.5 cm) Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.190.724) www.metmuseum.org

European culture is the result of three influences: the inheritance of classical antiquity, the Christian tradition and the social and cultural patterns of the Germanic peoples. Put these three elements in a bottle, shake and you get European culture.

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