Roman art : some of its principles and their application to early Christian painting (1900)
Wickhoff, Franz, 1853-1909, Strong, Eugénie, 1860-1943 · London : W. Heinemann ; New York : Macmillan · leaf 185
dominate and give its character to the picture. Again, the treatment in “plein-air,” or by the method of chiaroscuro, is quite independent either of the conventional rendering of form or of naturalistic imitation, Stylists, naturalists and illusionists take part in both. A beautiful play of line… … Fig. 34. — Vase signed by Assteas (Madrid) marshal fantastic fairy figures through the gloom. Fra Angelico makes his saints and angels descend to earth in a glory of light ; Piero della Francesca lets light and air play about his severely drawn figures, which appear as if hewn out of stone ; and…
Art, Roman · Christian art and symbolism
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