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 190
but besides these, within exquisitely designed compart- EARLY CHRISTIAN PAINTING. merits, we see branches with leaves and flowers, birds, masks, and floating genii,such as appear on the walls of Pompeii. The element of Christian doctrineinsinuates itself here but very discreetly, and indeed in a… … Fig, 44- of pictures formed a kind of religious puzzle, or sermon skilfully composed in thecharacters of art. Hut a comparison of these with other antique wall paintingsgoe s far to qualify this supposition, ami leads to the conclusion that here a1>o thepurely decorative purpose counted for a…
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