The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 327
e for their materialexecution, being extremely solid in their workmanship. It is astonishingto see the wonderful preservation of some pictures of saints that adornthe pilasters of St. Nicholas in Treviso and the walls of the church inFiesole, whereon are preserved the frescoes of Fra Angelico.… … Fig. 240.—Portrait of the Pope Sylvester I. Fresco-Painting in Mosaic, on a gold ground, in the Basilica of St. Paul-extra-Muros, Rome. Church of St. Urban in the Campagna of Rome: there is nothing Grecianeither in the figures or draperies, and it is impossible not to recognisein them an Italian…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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