The monuments of Christian Rome from Constantine to the renaissance (1908)
Frothingham, Arthur L. (Arthur Lincoln), 1859-1923 · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 331
ic. The Roman schoolhad certainly omitted mosaic work from its repertoire for overtwo centuries; at first for lack of funds, later from ignorancealso. AVhere did Paschal II find the mosaicists whom he em-ployed ? One can only guess. He could draw from Venice, ashis successors did, for S, Marcos… … Apse Mosaic of S. Clemeute. and decorated the facade of S. Bartolommeo all Isola with awork of which only the central half-figure of Christ remains;and the apse of S. ]\Iaria in ]Monticelli. The former Christ hasa flatness of effect and an inexperience of handling that arguenative talent. And yet,…
Art -- Rome · Christian art and symbolism
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