The monuments of Christian Rome from Constantine to the renaissance (1908)
Frothingham, Arthur L. (Arthur Lincoln), 1859-1923 · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 266
sibilities. 254 PAIXTIXG 255 But there were other forms of appeal to other classes. Thefirst was the combined effect of the picture and of the explan-atory inscription usually placed under it, thus making theliterary and pictorial arts unite in presenting a single idea.When S. Augustine delivered… … Interior <if S. Aii^t-lo in Fnrniis.(Showing arrangement of frescos in basilica of eleventh century.) read; they are few so that they may be memorized by all.There is no need of a book on the matter : this apse is yourbook. The explanatory lines that accompanied paintings as a rulemade it…
Art -- Rome · Christian art and symbolism
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