Morey, Charles Rufus, 1877-1955, Freer, Charles Lang, 1854-1919 · New York : Macmillan · leaf 133
ure of the general excitement. In the Bawit painting the lower group is stiff and quiet, the apostles stand in frontal attitudes holding books in their hands, and are rendered in a hieratic fashion that suppresses the dram.atic con- nection of the lower zone with the scene above. The distinctly… … ever,^ gives a composition that FIG. 32. The Ascension. Relief on an closely resembles the Bawit E.VRLY Christia.v Oil-flask at Monza. painting, in that only two angels are represented beside the glory that surrounds the Saviour, and the apostles below are quiet figures standing in a row on either…
Freer, Charles Lang, 1854-1919 · Illumination of books and manuscripts, Byzantine · Christian art and symbolism · Miniature painting · Painting, Byzantine · Painting
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