The monuments of Christian Rome from Constantine to the renaissance (1908)
Frothingham, Arthur L. (Arthur Lincoln), 1859-1923 · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 183
enth century and was used henceforthwithout radical change until the sixteenth century. But howwas the type created ? Some years ago I expressed theopinion that it was adopted bodily by the Roman school fromByzantine art. Recent discoveries and studies have led meto modify this view and to see in… … Mosaic Pavement of Nave, S. Cleineute. stantine probably served as a point of departure for both theeastern and western schools. Among the more gifted artistsof Byzantium progress was made in two directions : in the man-agement of colors ; and in the adjustment and harmony of thedesign. The…
Art -- Rome · Christian art and symbolism
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