Ancient Mosaics and Wallpaintings - Helen Whitehouse
KORTE INHOUD
Contains a catalogue of paintings and drawings copying ancient works of art, murals and ancient mosaics during the 17th century for the art collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo in Italy. Some of the paintings are compared with the surviving works of art. Most paintings in the collection belong to the Royal Library at Windsor Castle.
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2001Uitgever: Brepols Publishers447 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1872501575ISBN-13: 9781872501574Koop dit boek tweedehands
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The 132 drawings catalogued here, many on a large scale and highly coloured, document most of the major examples of ancient Roman pictorial art known to seventeenth-century Rome. The 132 drawings catalogued document most of the major examples of ancient Roman pictorial art known to seventeenth-century Rome. They include early finding such as the "Aldobrandini Wedding", the Nile mosaic from Palestrina, tha marble pictures from the Basilica of Junius Bassus, and later finds such as the Harbour Landscape (fou...
