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 292
ue leaf-work on a coloured meander pattern, andoften adorned with medallions containing personifications of the four CardinalVirtues, the four Elements, the four Quarters of the heavens. Besides allthese various kinds of ornament, the fashion of adorning initials with leaf-work, scrolls, and… … Fig. 68. actual share in these works, hut only that the new tendency of the agetowards the higher forms of luxury, together with the influence of importedmodels, had led to a revival of art. The character of the picture subjectsconfirms this. Their technical method shows a great improvement ; the…
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