The monuments of Christian Rome from Constantine to the renaissance (1908)
Frothingham, Arthur L. (Arthur Lincoln), 1859- · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 332
between this and the early Christian interpretation of thescene being the substitution of the human figure for the lamb PAINTING 321 on the cross. The earthly Paradise and the river Jordan atthe base, with their abundance of animal and symbolic life, arepurely classic in idea and even in technique,… … Apse Mosaic of S. Maria Nuova (S. Francesca Romana). and Clement, loom up in distinct contrast, do we see a touch ofByzantine influence in their being seated instead of standing. On the other hand the group of foreign artists produced oneapsidal mosaic in Rome in the years immediately after…
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