Pictures and their painters; the history of painting (1907)
Bryant, Lorinda Munson, 1855- · New York: John Lane Co. · leaf 47
began Ijuilding chvn-chesfor their own special worship. From this time the Christianreligion was the principal motive in the art of painting. One of the usual themes for early church decorationswas The Redeemer Surrounded by Saints, as shown in amosaic of the fourth centurv, in the Church of S.… … Fig. 12.—Mosaic. Redeemer Surrounded by Saints. Fourth Century.S. Pudenziana, Rome. the left the winged lion is St. ^lark; and the winged cherubbelow is St. Matthew. Now, for the first time, appears thehalo or niml;>us, as a flG,t pan. back of the head of the Lord.
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