Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Meadville, Pa., New York, Flood and Vincent · leaf 117
Europeand of the long-continued duration of this influence. The peculiar style of Byzantine design is shown by anumber of illustrations (Figs. 60-64), which are, how-ever, highly unfair to it where color is concerned, andthat is to say in the case of all mosaics. The evolutionof this style from the… … Fig. 60.—Byzantine Mosaic. St. Marks, Venice. THE BYZANTIXE ART. 105 It is clearly a style which grew out of traditionalrepetition of set designs,—pictures of saints, Biblestories, etc..—without the least reference to correctionby observation of natural forms, and this indifference tonature has…
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