Bennett, Charles Wesley, 1828-1891 · New York, Phillips · leaf 135
r.o ARCILEOLOGY OF CIirJSTIAN AHT. style. Fiijfs. 1 and 2 (/. jtj*. 57, 58) sliow the easi and grace of thetreatment «>f tliese suhjeets as found in tlu* early frescos of the cata-combs. Nothing could be more completely natural tlian the arrange-ment of the vine in Fig. 1, while the action of… … Fiji. 40.—Vine oruament from San Calisto, Rome. Fourtli century.in treatment is manifest. Nobody can fail to notice how widel}^they flepart from the truth and beauty of nature, and with whatarbitrary violence the branches are twisted into regular form, so asrapidly to degenerate into a mere…
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