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 322
e same work, and is a masterpieceof fantastic ornamentation. Leavesand plaited work are everywherecombined with the most fanciful inci-dents. Dragons issue from, and againrun back into, stems of plants, strangeheads appear, little spaces are con-trived for an owl crowned by twomonkeys, and a man… … architecture of the age, we are struck p.. Sq in this work by the abundance of merely fantastic motives of animal and human figures, mythical beings, andstrange twy-formed monsters. Scenes of juggling and lighting appear; ever}tiling visionary, adventurous, demoniacal even, is brought in ; and an…
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