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 155
landscapes which are sotreated, and especially great, park scenes, such as those of the Villa ad Gal-Unas, and of not a few chambers in Pompeian houses. These park viewsform a characteristic ornament for the cooling rooms in baths ; they arealso favourite subjects upon garden walls, where they are… … ANCIENT GREECE AND ITALY. 125 A second group is formed of mural paintings which, though large, onlyoccupy parts of whole walls, being separated by pilasters, so that several can findtheir place side by side on the same wall. These pictures do not aim atillusion in the same degree as those of the…
Painting, Early Christian · Painting, Medieval
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