An outline history of painting for young people and students (1883)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, White, Stokes, & Allen · leaf 59
44 PAINTING. say that not only was this picture of Moses strikinc^ therock intended to represent an historical fact in the life ofMoses, but the flowing water was also regarded as a typeof the blessing of Christian baptism. The walls of the chambers of the catacombs arc laid out … Fig. i8.—Decoration of a Roof. Catacomb of S. Do>niti/la. in such a manner as to have the effect of decorated apart-ments, just as was done in the pagan tombs, and some-times the pictures were a strange union of pagan and Chris-tian devices. The above cut, from the Catacomb of S. Domitilla, has…
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