Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 120
Romeitself still preserved the slight degree of classic excellence apparentin the decorations of S. Maria Maggiore. The characteristics of the mosaic upon the triumphal arch ofS. Paolo are to be considered rather as due to what may be calledproto-Byzantine influences, than taken as direct evidences… … 7 i,,.,h,,,,r Fig. 48.—Mosaic on the Triumphal Arch of S. Paolo fuori le mura in Rome. way an example of such debasement, and may perhaps be regardedas the last monument of early Christian art in Rome. The figureof Christ stands in the centre, the right arm uplifted in the atti-tude of teaching,…
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