Half-hour lectures on the history and practice of the fine and ornamental arts (1861)
Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890 · London : Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts · leaf 63
h the habit of reading had faUen intodisuse, stores of rich and rare manuscripts of the early ageswritten in uncial characters, authoritative copies of thescriptures, and other inestimable treasures. But the visit of MM. Didron and Durand disclosed thingseven more interesting to the artist. They… … Cimabues Madonna. Church of Sta. Maria Noyella, Florence. cloister to cloister, and from cliiircli to churcli, and foundthem all illuminated with the tall rigid figures draped in thesymbolic colours, the folds falling in the same stiff series oflines, and the same inscriptions written on the…
Art · Decoration and ornament · Fore-edge painting
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