Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)
Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 251
ment, and which thus forms pictures of different kinds, rivallingin colour and hue those painted by the brush. Early nations knew the art of mosaic, and it is supposed to deriveits origin from Asia, where paintings of this kind were composed, inimitation of the beautiful carpets manufactured at all… … mosaic pavement, tompeii. Egyptian collection at Turin a fragment of a mummy case, thepaintings of which are executed in Mosaic with wonderful precisionand truth. The material is enamel, the colours are of different hues,and their variety renders with perfect truth the plumage of birds.It is…
Art, Ancient · Archaeology
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