The monuments of Christian Rome from Constantine to the renaissance (1908)
Frothingham, Arthur L. (Arthur Lincoln), 1859- · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 266
sibilities. 264 PAINTING 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 of S. Angelo in Formis.(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 therefore…
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