The monuments of Christian Rome from Constantine to the renaissance (1908)
Frothingham, Arthur L. (Arthur Lincoln), 1859-1923 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 351
IFICATION OF THE MONUMENTS like that of the other figures, as is shown by the folds of drapery, but Torriti when he placed the Pope at her feet, brought her right arm down so as to rest her hand on his head, though leaving the telltale drapery. Undoubtedly Torriti restored the larger figures, but… … Apse Mosaic of S. Maria Maggiore. (Fourth to thirteenth centuries.) the early Christian age. Below this large scene, between the windows, are the figures of nine apostles, standing between palm-trees. All this work at the Lateran has been so mod- ernized that we must turn to Torriti's later…
Art · Christian art and symbolism
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