An outline history of painting for beginners and students, with complete indexes and numerous full-page illustrations (1902)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, F.A. Stokes · leaf 56
stness of effect ; perhaps spirituality isthe word to use, for by these paintings the early Christiansdesired to express their belief in the religion of Christ, andespecially in the immortality of the soul, which was a veryprecious doctrine to them. The catacombs of Rome weremore numerous and… … Fig. 17 —Moses. From a painting in the Catacomb of S. Agnes, 44 PAINTING. say that not only was this picture of Moses strikinjj therock intended to represent an historical fact in the life ofMoses, but the flowing water was also regarded as a typeof the blessing of Christian baptism. The walls of…
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