A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 578
ed reliefs ofEgyptian and As.syrian art are made aKsolut^-lymural by their lack of perspective, linear oratmospheric. The same may be said of Etrus-can wall painting. In the decorations uponthe walls of Pompeian hou.ses there is muchmore attempt at jierspeetive illusion, but evenhere no real… … men, fortified by centuries of tradition, demandeda flat mural tniatmciit, even when backj^round and niiiMlc. fjrouiid ciLjci-ts Ii;m1 smiir importancein tillilcciiiatiim. Till miiIiiimiii ^r clccorativeflafncsH sul,si„trd for nmiin .mluMrs. In theiMosaicH of the Hy/.aiitiiic (Jrccks, liic fi^^nrcs…
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