Marble decoration and the terminology of British and foreign marbles : a handbook for students (1888)
Blagrove, George H · London : C. Lockwood · leaf 31
part ageneral appear-ance of heavinessto these designs. (46.) For thedecoration ofwalls and vaults,a kind of inlaidmosaic work wasexecuted in theRoman basilicasbetween the fifthFig- 5. and fourteenth centuries. In this kind of work, sacred figure subjects were represented upona gold ground, with… … MOSAIC FLOORS. 23 ments, between the end of the thirteenth and commence-ment of the fourteenth centuries. Grey marble was usedfor the shadowed portions upon a ground of white, theoutlines and hatchings of the figures being filled in withblack mastic. (47.) Examples for our guidance in the…
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