Morey, Charles Rufus, 1877-1955, Freer, Charles Lang, 1854-1919 · New York : Macmillan · leaf 129
tand. The real difference between the two paintings is not one of style, but of quality ; the Bawit figures are at once freer and more sure in execution, while the covers betray their decadence and a later date by a certain laxity of conception and drawing. Another point of divergence is the… … FIG. 29. The Ascension. P.\inting in CHArm. XVII at BawIt. The Bawit figures, on the other hand, are more squarely planted on both feet. The same marks of later date, with the exception of the attitude of Mark, are visible in a similar painting found in Chapel XLII, representing Christ in glory…
Freer, Charles Lang, 1854-1919 · Illumination of books and manuscripts, Byzantine · Christian art and symbolism · Miniature painting · Painting, Byzantine · Painting
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