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 233
h 2o4 HISTORY OF PAINTING. delicacy and precision of design, taste, and even a pleasing play of fancy. Inthe initial letters, borders, and full-page decorations, we are surprised by thedelicate rhythmical flow of the design, the judicious balancing and agreeabledistribution of masses, the relations… … Fig- 54- ground black and the borders white, only occasionally admitting more brokentones, such as violet and pink, but never gold. In the separate compartmentsthe leading colours interchange in happy modulation with that of the ground.Everywhere we find an inexhaustible variety of combinations…
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