The monuments of Christian Rome from Constantine to the renaissance (1908)
Frothingham, Arthur L. (Arthur Lincoln), 1859- · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 307
The Crucifixion, Fresco at S. Maria Antiqua. 296 CLASSIFICATION OF THE MONUMENTS house of SS. John and Paul under their church, of similar typeto both the Crucifixions just described. Mosaics and Frescos of the Eighth Century. —To return,now, to mosaic-painting, there is a gap in the continuity… … Apsidal Mosaic of SS. Nereo ed Achilleo (c. 800). hand of Greek artists under Leo III (795-816). The semi-dome of the apse was decorated, of course, at the same time,but has not survived. The composition consists of threescenes, not at all germane to the Roman tradition, but be-longing to Byzantine…
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