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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 415

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on- 3S4 HISTORY OF PAINTING. ally peep out ; half-length figures of Old Testament personages emerge some-times from the cups of flowers, and on the lower border there are spirited littlescenes, sometimes caricatures, sometimes illustrations of scripture ; among themappears once and again the bishop… … Fig. 105. also used here, but a great number of other tones—purple, violet, and rich green,are blended with them. The general effect is blithe and bright. A second manuscript in the Bohemian Museum is equally good as a work ofart, the 3 far idle of Arnestus of Pardubitz, first Archbishop of Prague…

Painting, Early Christian · Painting, Medieval

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