Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1882)
Yaggy, Levi W · Chicago, Western Publishing House; New York, Standard Publishing House; [etc.,etc.] · leaf 716
tire surface when it had hardened, taking care, MOSAIC SUBJECTS. 697 however, that too great a poHsh, 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 UUVES. 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 by Pliny. It is entirely composed of cubes ofmarble, without an}- admixture of…
Haines, Thomas L · Civilization · Classical antiquities
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