History of ancient, early Christian, and mediaeval painting (1906)
Woltmann, Alfred Friedrich Gottfried Albert, 1841-1880, Woermann, Karl, 1844-1933 · New York : Dodd, Mead & Co. · leaf 145
ictures them-selves are yellowish brown and greenish blue, and from these the brilliant redpilasters, which bring the whole into decorative unity, stand out with tellingeffect. But the special value of these works lies in their character as land-scapes. The country of the Laestrygones, bordered… … Fig. 29. to be the central picture of the series by the perspective treatment of thedividing pillars ; lastly, the mighty opening in the rocks on the sea-shore, ANCIENT GREECE AND ITALY. 117 which proclaims itself the entrance to the nether world, and with vivid pictorialeffect lets a broad ray of…
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