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 432
lines pure, the slenderness of the slightly bent figures unex-aggerated, the limbs infirm but pleasing in movement, the draperies broad, theheads small but of a graceful oval. They recalled contemporary French workrather than the coarser style of the German miniatures.59 The paintings in the choir… … Fig. in. choir towards the nave, though only temporary, was nevertheless decorated withpaintings. It has been removed, and the angels in the spandrils above thearcades are replaced by new ones, but there are still remains of the pictures onthe outside and inside of the choir-presses, though partly…
Painting, Early Christian · Painting, Medieval
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