Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 311
Fig. 332.—Painting from the Cata-combs of S. Agnese. 290 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. jects, after the manner of the Roman Consular diptychs.These ivory carvmgs, that exhibit a true spirit of theantique in their design, are not to be confounded with thelater Byzantine diptychs that were executed in a… … Fig. 333.—Wall Painting from the Catacombs of S. Calixtus. character dying out, and the art of the time exhibits agreater importance and attention which is given to largemasses, while smaller or minor surfaces are left empty, anddecorative detail suppressed. There is an apparent strivingto render…
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