History of ancient, early Christian, and mediaeval painting (1880)
Woltmann, Alfred Friedrich Gottfried Albert, 1841-1880, Woermann, Karl, 1844-1933, Colvin, Sidney, Sir, 1845-1927 · New York : Dodd, Mead & Co. · leaf 103
t exclusively to the order of conventionallytreated animal or vegetable forms. The animals are arranged in rows as in afrieze, and the Asiatic lion and tiger, with fantastic sphinxes, griffins, andsirens, fill almost as conspicuous a place as stags, goats, swans, and otherdomestic creatures. The… … Fie:. 10. it also in Persian reliefs ; a flower cup, looked at from above, takes the shape ofa rosette, and from one side, that of a fantastic floral pattern. The emptyspaces in the animal friezes are filled in according to fancy with rosettes andcrosses. The decorative workman in this style has a…
Painting, Early Christian · Painting, Medieval
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