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 248
ING—EARLY PERIOD. 217 from miniatures, attained a greater degree of independence. The art had atcommand a highly-developed system of ornament, which it treated with masterlytechnical skill, and in which the original artistic bent of the Germanic races heldits own and maintained its special… … Fig. 59- •art of Italy ; but at the same time it exhibited an original tendency, not contentwith repeating over and over again some rigidly established scheme of figuresand combinations, but endeavouring to realise the appearances of living actionand purpose. What fettered this endeavour was the…
Painting, Early Christian · Painting, Medieval
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