A history of painting in Italy : Umbria, Florence and Siena from the second to the sixteenth century (1903)
Crowe, J. A. (Joseph Archer), 1825-1896, Cavalcaselle, G. B. (Giovanni Battista), 1820-1897, Strong, S. Arthur (Sandford Arthur), 1863-1904, De Nicola, G, Borenius, Tancred, 1885-1948, Douglas, R. Langton (Robert Langton), 1864-1951 · London : J. Murray · leaf 128
s. The mosaists have become technicallyperfect in the close jointing of the cubes.1 Contemporary with the Cefalu mosaics, but inferior to them—either because originally intrusted to inferior hands, or becauserestoring has impaired their beauty—are those of the Palatine 1 The backgrounds of these… … IL] MOSAICS OF CEFALTJ 63 Chapel at Palermo, built in 11321 by Koger of Sicily, andconsecrated in 1140.2 The mosaics were finished after the consecration, partly in 1143,3and partly later; they fill the sanctuary, the cupola of the transept, andthe walls of the nave and aisles. Scenes from the life…
Painting, Italian
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