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 238
,10 and it exhibits morethan anv other branch of artthe survival and bent of aspecifically Germanic tend-ency. In the initial lettersand borders,the older Frank-ish elements are to be tracedin combination with the Irishcharacteristics of scroll-work,geometrical ornaments, leaf-work, and fantastic… … tively crude or curiously twisted human figures, we find independent figure piecesfollowing Early Christian models, but only in the principal features, and not in thestyle of the draw ing, for the intelligence of the Franks did not extend so far,The proportions are uncertain, the hands large, with…
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