Museum of antiquity : a description of ancient life : the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, palaces, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1882)
Yaggy, L. W, Haines, T. L · New York : Standard Pub. House · leaf 732
ire surface when it had hardened, taking care, MOSAIC SUBJECTS. 697 however, that too great a polish, by its reflection, might not marthe general effect of his work. The great advantage of mosaicis that it resists humidity, and all which could change the colorsand the beauty of painting. Painting… … MOSAIC DOVES. Greeks attained to in that art. It represents a vase full of water,on the sides of which are four doves, one of which is in the actof drinking. It is supposed by some to be the mosaic of Perga-mus mentioned b}^ Pliny. It is entirely composed of cubes ofmarble, without any admixture of…
Civilization, Ancient · Classical antiquities
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