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 224
d up the root EARLY CHRISTIAN PAINTING. T93 falls dead according to the legend. The head of Dioskorides expresses joy atthe discovery. In the fifth picture Discovery stands in a niche of a pillaredhall holding the mandrake, while on one side a painter sits at an easel paintingit. and on the other… … Fig- 53- delightful style of execution. The snakes, beetles, and birds, towards the endof the book are equally skilful, but treated more drily. The splendid dedica-tory picture suffices to* prove that we have to do here with an original work,and that the illustrations arc not merely copies of…
Painting, Early Christian · Painting, Medieval
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