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 242
vagantlylarge ; great mistakes occur, such as in the right hand of S. Matthew, whichexhibits five fingers and no thumb; still the cast of drapery is classicaland free from pettiness. The sentiment is helped by the background, which MEDIEVAL PAINTING—EARLY PERIOD. 11 consists mainly of landscape… … Fig. 57- vermilion, and gold. The initials are formed of pure geometrical figures, with-out foliage-work, or with only the faintest suggestion of it : they are chiefly ingold with red borders, and filled in with blue.11 The Latin Bibles at Bamberg and Zurich1 show a higher stage of the art,and more…
Painting, Early Christian · Painting, Medieval
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