Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · Oxford, At the Clarendon Press · leaf 137
of Rome. In the pediment of thetreasury of the Cnidians at Delphi the background behind the upper part 1 See also the remarks below, p. 133, in the section on the Christian sarcophagi at Romeand Aries. 112 of the figures is deeply cut away, so that they emerge against a depth ofblackness :… … Fig. 66. The Annunciation : end of the Pignatta Sarcophagus at Eavenna. (Eicci.) P. 137. repeat the experiment. For in the perfect coloristic design, the patternmust be brought forward to a single plane as near as possible to the eye ofthe spectator, so that every part of its surface may be equally…
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