The archaeology of Rome. 12 pt. [in 9]. |
Palavras e frases frequentes
aisle Anagni Anastasius ancient antique Apostles apse arch of triumph artists Baptistery Basilica beautiful birds built Byzantine called Cardinal Catacomb centre chapel choir-screen Christ Christian church Ciampini ciborium Clement colour columns confessio Constantine Cosmas Cosmas and Damian Cosmati crown crypt Damian decoration Domitilla drawing Evangelists FECIT fifth century figures fourth century Fresco painting frescoes Hadrian hand head HOC OPVS holy Ibid inscribed inscription Jacob John Lateran Madonna MAGISTER marble Maria in Cosmedin Maria Maggiore martyrs mosaic pavement mosaic picture Moses nave Nereo nimbus Opus original ornamented Pagan palace panels Paschal Paul period Peter photographs PLATE Pope Prætextatus Prassede Praxede preserved probably Pudentiana Ravenna re-touchings rebuilt represented restored Roma Roman Rome round saints sarcophagus sculptor seated seems shewing side silver sixteenth century slab subjects symbol temple Thermæ thirteenth century Thrason throne tomb Trajan twelfth century Vatican Vatican Museum vault Villa Virgin walls
Passagens conhecidas
Página 4 - And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace; where were white, green, and blue hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
Página 17 - John, the other two emblems and the twenty-four elders have been destroyed. On the vault of the apse, or tribune, is a group of large figures ; in the centre is Christ standing on the clouds, with a scroll in His left hand, the right hand elevated, as in the act of speaking; on His right hand is S.
Página 14 - ... mosaics are part of the pictures of Eugenius II. in 824. This agrees much better than the earlier date with the style of the mosaics and the subjects, which are on either side the Jewish and Christian Church, with S.
Página 108 - As in the rise of the faith the symbolic type of the Saviour must necessarily be youthful, so in its triumph it was natural that the Redeemer should have the aspect of one mature in years. In the choir of...
Página 138 - The composition of the stucco, and the method of preparing the walls for painting, is described by the ancient writers: "They first covered the walls with a layer of ordinary plaster, over which, when dry, were successively added three other layers of a finer quality, mixed with sand. Above these were placed three layers of a composition of chalk and marble-dust, the upper one being laid on before...
Página 145 - ... here surrounded with a cornice, which gives them the form of sarcophagi. The remains of the frescoes, which clearly are of the same time as the original building, are the sole proof that this grave did not belong to any of those heathens who abstained from burning, but that it was really from the beginning a Christian foundation. They are, especially in the mere ornaments, of rare beauty, and no decorative artist of the Augustan age need be ashamed of the...
Página 23 - I., on the ruins of the Temple of Vesta, and has a mosaic on the hemispherical vault or tribune, behind the altar, which is supposed to be original ; at the top is the hand of the Almighty holding a crown over the head of Christ, who is seated on a globe and holds a long cross in His left hand. To the right of the figure of Christ is St.