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 222
later period as opposed toearlier). In the scenes from the story of Adam and Eve, even the nude isstill successfully treated, without much refinement of execution. The indica-tions of the landscape, the trees for instance, still show some feeling for nature,particularly in the first pages ;… … S/1 i92 HISTORY OF PAINTING. The stately female figure which stands beside her in the scenes in which sheaccuses Joseph to her husband and shows the torn cloak as evidence (Fig. 52),is evidently an allegorical figure—one of those personifications in the antiquespirit, which for the rest are common…
Painting, Early Christian · Painting, Medieval
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