Pictures and their painters; the history of painting (1907)
Bryant, Lorinda Munson, 1855- · New York: John Lane Co. · leaf 49
part in some religious procession. They are alldressed in magnificent stuffs of gorgeous coloring, and thejeweled crowns on the heads of these two monarchs are resplen-tlent with precious stones of rare -s-alue. There grew up in these early centuries a belief that theChristian religion demanded… … Fic 15.—Mosaic. Empress Theodora and Her Court. Sixth Century. San Vitale.Ravenna. artists, she dictated to them, not only the subject to be usedin church decoration, but the manner of treating the subject.Tlie religious pictures soon lost the beauty of form that ap-]>ealed to the eye, and…
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