Bennett, Charles Wesley, 1828-1891 · New York, Phillips · leaf 133
Fig. 36.—Virgin and child, from Santa Domitilla.Rome. 108 ARCHAEOLOGY OF CHRISTIAN ART. monoijram clearly indicates the subjects. This seems to be thefirst attempt to produce any thing like a portrait of Mary Thefn-o\vin<>- taste for ornamentation is noticed in the jeweled necklace ; … Fig. 37.—Virpin and child, from Santa Ajruise, Rome. the wide departure of the details of the figure from the noblesimplicity of the earlier frescos points to a later origin, and plainlysuggests a possible Byzantine influence. From the close of the fourth century the artists Avho portray theVirgin…
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