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 106
t, although the face was drawn in profile. Attempts madeto give a front view of the whole face generally failed. Under such conditionsanything like expression or play of feature was still, of course, out of thequestion. The cast of drapery, too, is still quite undeveloped ; garments,for the most… … Fig. 12. Moreover, the conception of the nude is in the work of this period more orless conventional. The body is on the whole meagre, often to such a pointthat the abdomen disappears ; on the other hand the shoulders, hips, andthighs project powerfully. To this conception of form corresponds a…
Painting, Early Christian · Painting, Medieval
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