Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge : University Press · leaf 115
ting than is usual with Byzantine 72 SALONICA [CH. S. GeorgeThemosaicsof thedome work of the kind. Architecture even when treated asit is here, and in the wall decoration of Pompeii, in anabstract and conventional way, never rises to a highlevel of ornament: and here it certainly gives a dullnessto… … scAi-t or rcET ji ^ ., 16 ,c ii Fig. 17 (from Texier). perspective. Nor do architectural forms lend themselveswell to display of colour, for which the draperies of figuresand the foliage of trees give such splendid opportunitiesin other mosaics at Salonica; and it is to magnificenceof colour that…
