The monuments of Christian Rome from Constantine to the renaissance (1908)
Frothingham, Arthur L. (Arthur Lincoln), 1859- · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 274
two oxen, guided by a genius, carrying their load ofgrapes from the vineyard. And then, under a gabled roof, sup- PAINTING 263 ported by four piers, is the great vat in which three genii, withmuch gesticulation and glee, are dancing as they tread themust. The charming freedom of the rambling vine… … Mosaic of Annular Vault at S. Constantia. blance of another compartment to the stuccoes of the Augustanand Flavian periods. Evidently the artist of S. Costanza wasa thorough eclectic and took his motifs from any period as wellas from any art. He was a good imitator. Even more exactly a replica of…
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