Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · Oxford, At the Clarendon Press · leaf 51
ore thecoming of the Goths, the steppes had formed a channel of communicationbetween the two continents by which ideas and artistic motives flowedfrom one into the other. Through this great northern zone a long line oftribes maintained an unbroken contact; in aesthetic feeling Europe andAsia were… … Fig. 13. The Entry into Jerusalem : ivory panel of the eleventh centuryin the British Museum. It was only when the barbarians had adopted a religion to which thepresentation of the human figure was essential, that such an art had anychance of prospering among them. In the fourth and fifth centuries…
Art, Byzantine · Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism
Internet Archive · Smithsonian Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
