Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 320
im-pression of hieraticdignity. The severityis evidently inten-tional; it is marked especially by the rigidity of the neck, by the deep lines of theface, and by the stiffness of the right arm. The earliest record that we have of this work is in the lastquarter of the fifteenth century, and this… … Fig. 119. - I!i \ atican. Ir()t):il)lv Mxlh itury. 2U2 ruroiuM. Airr of the hoad it wjis cliani^od into an image of S. Peter, by Leothe Great, ahont tlic middle of the fifth century. This view isno hunger hehl; on grounds of style it is impossible; that itwas originally a Christian work is,i)roved…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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