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 333
s out of all proportion, the trees little better than so many scrolls, and thearchitectural parts showing an utter ignorance of perspective, although the Ro-manesque style may still be recognised in them. The same capricious colouringthat we have often found in primitive miniatures also prevails… … Fig. 83. we see men felling trees, carpentering, cooking, eating, and fighting. Everyactivity displays itself with vigorous naturalness. The frieze is enclosed at thetop and bottom by a broad border with conventionalised animals and monsters,except in the battle-piece at the end, where the action…
Painting, Early Christian · Painting, Medieval
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