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 123
many other ancient and modern forms of art.Side by side with these mythological subjects we find also mirrors orna-mented with scenes from everyday life : horse-racing, throwing the discus, youngmen putting on their armour, wrestlings and friendly gatherings, illustrate thedaily life of men. That… … Fi<I. 22. II. MOSAICS.—The art of putting pictures together out of small cubesof natural stone, or pieces of many-coloured glass, seems to have beeninvented in the first instance for the adornment of floors. But for thispurpose linear patterns, and conventionalised plant ornaments fitted to…
Painting, Early Christian · Painting, Medieval
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