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 256
om models of a better period. In the first picture Davidas a shepherd sits playing on the psaltery, while a beautiful classical female MKDI.KYAI. PAINTING -EARLY PERIOD. 225 figure, personifying Melody, leans with her left arm on his shoulder, the rightarm resting carelessly on her lap. The head of… … the water, and a dog ; a landscape with antique buildings (indicating the townof Bethlehem), fountains and hills, forms the background. In spite of incorrectperspective, and innumerable errors of detail, which show how far the power ofexecution has lagged behind that of conception, the effect is…
Painting, Early Christian · Painting, Medieval
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