Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 323
color and dimension required, by drawing a mass ofcolored glass paste into long pencils which were then choppedinto small sections. By this means it was possible also to 204 PICTOniAL AItT attain the rich effects in gokl which are so prominent a featureof most of the Christian mosaics. To achieve… … Fio. r.O. — Apsidal pavement in Ancona. Fourth or fifth century. not tend to snpersede the frescos and stucco reliefs which werethe traditional decoration of Roman walls and ceilings. Itwas first in the Constantinian age and in the decoration of theChri-stian basilicas that it supplanted painting…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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