Bennett, Charles Wesley, 1828-1891 · New York, Phillips · leaf 128
an Calisto. It is connected with the martyr-dom f»f one of the most revered female saints of the early Church, andis rich in epigra])hical and pictorial objects which aid in the under-standing of some ])ortions of her curious history. The pictures nowpreserved in this crypt arc manifestly of a much… … Fiir. 32—Bust of Christ from a cemetery of Naples,of tbe sixth century. tics, and has lost the freedomand grace of the pictures pro-duced under the influence ofthe classic spirit. The tendency to increaseddecoration, and to clothingthe person of Christ with theinsignia of authorit}^, in con-trast…
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