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 57
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… … Fig. i8.—Decoration of a Roof. Catacomb of S. Domitilla. in such a manner as to have the effect of decorated apart-ments, just as was done in the pagan tombs, and some-times the pictures were a strange union of j^agan and Chris-tian devices. The above cut, from the Catacomb of S. Domitilla, has in…
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