The monuments of Christian Rome from Constantine to the renaissance (1908)
Frothingham, Arthur L. (Arthur Lincoln), 1859- · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 343
of the Virgin. They are: the Nativity,Annunciation, Vision of the Shepherds, Adoration of the Magi,Presentation and Death of the Virgin. Below this frieze is asingle scene on a larger scale: the bust of the Virgin andChild in a medallion flanked by Peter and Paul and thekneeling donor, Bertoldo… … Mosaic by Cavallini in S. Maria, in Trastevere.Birth of the Virgin. PAINTING 333 the untrammelled realism of the early Christian mosaicists inhis handling of tones and masses in these frieze compositions.Ko sane critic can now call them ^Byzantine. When wesay that the composition is well balanced,…
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