Cutts, Edward Lewes, 1824-1901 · London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 314
co-rated, and they are especially interesting as com-plete examples of the application of pictorial design 292 HISTORY OF EARLY CHRISTIAN ART, and colour to the purpose of architectural ornamenta-tion. These Ravenna mosaics are of different dates.The earliest are those which decorate the lower… … Mosaic from the Tomb of Galla Placidia, Ravenna. above, they are classical in style and feeling, andpossess much merit, both in the elegant forms ofthe merely ornamental design and in the drawingof the human figure. The domes of this orthodoxbaptistery and also of the Arian baptistery {c. 553)are a…
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