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 411
the same kind appear in two other Prayer-books of the same school and period■—in the Psalter of Louis, Duke of Anjou and King of Jerusalem and Sicily(a.D. 1390), and a Breviary of Belleville in two volumes, in which a detailedexplanation of these pictures precedes the text.35 The last work belonged… … MEDIAEVAL PAINTING—FINAL PERIOD. 381 on the smallest scale ; the heads are admirably modelled, and full of individuallife. The painting in opaque colour is clear, tender, and yet of full body; onlyoccasionally the blue and vermilion are too opaque, and do not allow of effectiveshadows. The choice…
Painting, Early Christian · Painting, Medieval
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