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 119
ger andbetter known. 88 HISTORY OF PAINTING. Let us take first the engraved metal caskets of the kind commonly knownas Praenestine cistae, because they have been found for the most part atPra?neste, the modern Palestrina.21 It has been supposed that the scenes repre-sented upon them were originally… … Fig. 20. outlines in question were filled with some substance of a different colour fromthe bronze, according to the method known as niello. The effect of the scenesdepicted is entirely that of outline designs, as the interior parts of the figuresare defined by the necessary markings and a certain…
Painting, Early Christian · Painting, Medieval
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