Fig. 60. Eoman historical painting. of the style the threefold division of the wall-surface is stillmarked ; but the dado has become a projecting shelf, and thepilasters are replaced by columns which appear to stand free fromthe wall. The next step was to treat the uppermost portion ofthe… … Dd 402 ART CHAI?; VIII wall above which our gaze travels into outer space. The mainwall may be decorated with imitations of framed pictures or ofstatues placed on pedestals resting on the shelf; and we generallyfind a central panel filled by a mythological subject. This panelappears in most…
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