The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 250
ecution, beiii<> extremely solid in tlicir workmanship, it is astonishin*^to see the wonderful preservation of some pictures of saints that adornthe pilasters of St. Nicholas in Treviso and the walls of the church in Fiesolewhereon are preserved the frescoes of Fra An<^elico. Among the… … Fig, 191.—Portrait of the Pope Sylvester I, Fresco-Painting in Mosaic, on a gold ground, in the Basilica of St. Paul-cxtra-Muros, Rome. of St. Urban in the Campagna of Rome: there is nothing Grecian eitherin the figures or draperies, and it is impossible not to recognise in theman Italian pencil;…
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