The art reader, prepared for supplementary reading in public and private schools, with illustrations of some of the masterpieces of painting, sculpture, and architecture (1905)
Quinn, Patrick Edward, 1862-1926 · Boston, A. W. Elson & co. · leaf 104
hes had very little architectural merit and were almostdevoid of carving. They were intended to serve mainly asa stand for groups of statuary, and a place for inscrip-tions ; but later, when the artistic tastes of Rome devel-oped, the arch took on a beauty of its own, and was builtof marble and… … CD O o CJ y^^-^ )i; ^^/6 /-. ^ Hkiclson Park D;anch, 6C LEROY STf:£LT ^, THE FORUM 49 Arch of Constantine, which was raised in 315 A. D. Thisarch, which stands by the Colosseum, is, artistically con-sidered, of mixed merit. When Constantine reigned, Ro-man Art was in its decadence, and the lower…
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