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 470
t only as so many accessories required for clearlyexhibiting some action (Fig. I 20). MEDIAEVAL PAINTING—FINAL PERIOD. 439 In composition Giotto always avoided complicated recession of planes,thereby contriving not to ask too much from the limited sense of perspectiveenjoyed by his age. Without… … Fie. 120. toys cut out of paper ; or else by set pieces of symbolic architecture. A roofcarried on thin staves stands for a room, a canopy over a flight of steps for atemple, and so forth. Such expedients were all the master needed to bring beforethe eye the locality of an action ; diminutive as…
Painting, Early Christian · Painting, Medieval
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