Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 287
the generaleffect is impaired by crowding. In this case the faces are veryroughly finished. It may be noticed, by the way, that thebusts of the deceased couple are only blocked out, and that thelid has received neither carving nor inscription. We have inthis an intimation of the fact that the… … Fig. 97.— Fragment of a sarcophagus in the Lateran Museum. Fourth century. Elijahgiving his mantle to Elisha, the sons of the prophets and the bear. some reason or another, neither the portraits nor the inscriptionwere executed. The centre of the composition is plainly marked by the shell,which…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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